The big yard sale is over!

 81 degrees, no wind, overcast in Clarinda, IA at 2:00 pm Sunday.

Been a very busy week--gathered all the books that we wanted to sell, cassette tapes, DVD's, CD's, lots of little items that have set around forever and a few big items. 

After four full days of sorting, cleaning and setting up, we were ready Friday morning.  The city of Clarinda had a city-wide sale and advertised our location and ad for the price of 3 cans of food for the Food Bank.

In the photo at right is big Tote with large Christmas tree in it.  Decided to set it up to best display it and found base and entire center pole missing, so it is headed for the garbage pickup.  We only stored it in the shop for the last 14 years!

Quite a bit of stuff moved on Friday.

Saturday morning reset what was left.

Two mirrors didn't sell, but I am going to use them to visually enlarge my shop.

A lady is going to pick up today almost everything that we didn't sell -- mostly all the books, tapes, CD's, DVD's, and most small items.  All packed into boxes and on the wheeled shop bench so can roll down the driveway to her today.

Week ago Friday we drove to Marengo, IA and had lunch with Granddaughter Ashley and Great Grandson David.  Had a good visit and then spent time at theIr place and Jessica got home from school and Heath from work so visited with them.

I am wearing the hat we bought in Progresso, Mexico this winter and gave to David.

Jessica with her Mexican hat.

Friday evening was spent at Cam & Patty's place with Ashley's family there and Emily came out from Iowa City for the evening.

Cam's rescued a nearly frozen kitty this winter and it is now part of the family.

With David now 3 and Jessica 7 they were anxious to play some games.  Played several.

Saturday evening we went with Cam's and all their kids/grandkids to Coralville for supper at Wig & Pen Pizza.  Emily's husband got off work and was able to join us.

Very busy restaurant that night but the meal was worth the wait.  Lots of time for visiting.

Sunday morning Ashley & Emily treated us all to brunch (For Mother's Day) at the Landmark Restaurant at the Williamsburg exit on I-80.  Following a lot of visiting, we headed west and after stopping in Des Moines for gas and groceries (and having the best All-Beef Hotdogs at Costco for lunch) were back in Clarinda by around 4 pm.

Will write more when I get around to it............this next photo covers my activity well.

Lynn

Well, the end of April 2024

 75 degrees with mostly bright sunshine here in Clarinda, IA at 12:40 pm Tuesday.  Forecast for possibly some storms this late afternoon.  Had high winds and rain late last week, but did not have tornado right here.  Tornadoes in area west of Omaha, and several places here in western Iowa last Friday.

First time I have had bricks blown down.  Hard to imagine these blown over--they have stood there for some 10 years.

Picking up branches and twings blown down.

This rather large limb was blown some 35 feet from where it was attached and just missed landing on our metal shop building.

These were all cut into small pieces and thrown over the hedge with a grain scoop.

Yesterday we drove thru St. Joseph, Missouri and then on west to Highland, Kansas were we met our old neighbors in Kenwood for lunch and then on to their place just east of Hiawatha, Kansas for visiting and a few games of Pegs & Jokers.

We delivered a couple cases of liquid Aloe that we had brought from the Rio Grande Valley and Phyllis picked up some flowers for planting when she and LaRhoada went to a green house south of Hiawatha.

One day last week Phyllis went to a lot of work and deep fried some of the 1015 onions into onion rings.  These 1015 onions, from the Rio Grande Valley, are even sweeter than the Vidalia Onions that are well known from Georgia.  

Phyllis trimming up the rose bush in front of the house.

Phyllis cleaning the ring where peranial flowers have grown for the last 14 years we have lived here.

Trying to keep ahead of the growing grass.

We will go to Marengo, IA this Friday and spend time with the family.  Haven't seen them since last October.

At right this was our last Sunday in the Valley at First Methodist Church in Harlingen, TX choir.

Till later, Lynn