Monday, March 18, 2024

2003?

Back in 2000, Laura and Eric moved home to Russellville!  It was a very happy day for Larry and I.  They make good neighbors.  Bottom photo was yearly picnic.  Astrid’s face is red.  She spent most of her time running.  The blanket they’re all sitting on Grandma Powell made for Laura.


 

Off to Work She Goes

Ingrid starts a new job today at Conway.  Two more months and she’ll graduate.  I hope her first day goes well.
Logan and Astrid have been married a year.  They camped at the  “scene of the crime” Richland Camp Grounds.  
They took the entire crew with them!  Piper, Blu, Wiley, and 

Penny!

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Bye to Wrangler

Wrangler came here on June 20, 2021.  Today she left to a new home at Quitman, AR.  The new folks have lots of horses.  Astrid and Logan will have an easier care routine now.  Wrangler was domineering and with just sweet Manci and Merle they will get along better.  I will always remember her here in the Meadow.  Her colt Merle is gated and two horses are enough.  

 

Ada and the Animals

Ada loves animals.

My favorite is Ada feeding giraffe.  Greta was afraid, but Ada was a trooper.


 

Saturday, March 16, 2024

American’s Game

Laura and Eric attended a Razorback Baseball game tonight.  Beat Missouri.  We have a great baseball team and Coach Van Horn is tops.  Our football and basketball teams were not very good, but we always have hope when spring and baseball arrives.

The kid’s friend had a box.  What a way to watch the game.  Someone there had just bought two cows from Kurt Powell, Laura said “we’re related”.  Small world.




 

Friday, March 15, 2024

Records Galore


I love history, data, records, genealogy!  Way back in the 1980’s the Three Sisters ordered records from the National Archives.  Sister Fleta ordered my father’s entire military file from 1944-1945.  Recently the 1950 census was released by the Archives.  Laura carried me to the Clinton Library last evening to hear Colleen Shogan, Archivist of the United States.   Shogan was born in Pittsburgh. She was encouraged to read mysteries by her late mother, Patricia, and started with books from the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series. Shogan graduated from Norwin High School.  She has authored 8 mystery books.  Her first was “ Stabbing in the Senate”.  

She was a first-generation college student in her family and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Boston College and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in American politics from Yale University.

I enjoyed the talk so much.  The Archives houses billions of records of our country—soon to be 250 years of records.  I’m going to read Stabbing in the Senate!


 

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Moving on Up

Moving on up!  Second track meet for Greta!  She ended up 2nd and 3rd this time.  Good throwing, Greta Ann!

My white Jonquils are just now blooming.  Put me to thinking— I’m glad all flowers don’t bloom at once.  It’s nice to have new blooms after older ones are finished.

 

Phlox and Almond

Phlox growing over a rock wall in my friend Margaret’s yard.  The pink bloom is called Almond.  I’ve never heard of it. It has a pretty pink bloom and sweet aroma.

 

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Easy Chair

I bought a new tv chair.  The one I had there was tan.  It didn’t go with my couch.  I put it in my bedroom so if I watch tv in there I can put my feet up. We bought the older chairs in June 2017.  The chairs are lazy boys and very comfortable.
 

Irene

Went to see Cousin Irene.  I bought her a good pair of leather shoes for her 86th birthday.  She was sinking lower. Was in the hospital.  With the “big” water pill she is supposed to take a potassium pill the size of a horse pill.  She just quit trying to get it down Jann thinks.  Fluid was on her heart and lungs.  Maybe she’ll take the pill now.  Dr. Told her cut it up in applesauce.  She makes me realize one thing for certain—I have no big problems!  

Irene can’t get out to her yard now.  This is her bleeding heart blooming.  Her flowers bloom for other eyes.

 

Monday, March 11, 2024

Futball


Astrid and Logan are playing indoor soccer.  Logan never played but because Asti loves it, he started playing.  He doesn’t really love running either, but he’s running races with her.  She has a dirt bike and is supposed to try racing.  He loves that.  I’m thrilled they do things together.  Well, I’m thrilled they “do”.  They are always building something, camping, sporting — together.  This month they’ll be married one year!  Building a life together!  


 

Foggy Morn




When I started my walk, I saw lots of fog.  Thought about Carl Sandburg’s verse “The fog comes on little cat feet.” By the time I was back to the porch, the sun had chased the fog away!  One of my visiting woodpeckers had flown into my back door! I gently swept him upward with my soft broom!  Off he flew.  I saved a life, a good feeling.  How does God feel when one of us is saved?  Powerful ones can do good or evil!  So many choices…guide mine today, Lord.