Tuesday and Wild Horses

 

Astrid sent pictures of the wild horses. Glad she got to see them. I see little foals, too.

Wild horses, Couldn't drag me away, Wild horses. We'll ride them some day!🐴

I’m not very artistic. I wanted to wrap Doc Gordon’s gift decently. I thought of asking Laura, but I wrapped it and it’ll have to do. I can crochet but still I’m not very creative in other things. I’m dull.

Where the Buffalo roam~~Antelope Island. Asti said they’re moving to Estes Park. Not leaving for home til Saturday. I miss my kids.

Today I saw the Blue Mistflower blooms on my walk! Its nectar-rich flowers attract a multitude of bees and butterflies. It blooms from late July through October. Songbirds like the seeds which have silky hairs to help spreading in the wind. I think it looks more purple than blue!

I went to the gym and rode the bike 30 minutes. I did my weighting too. It takes longer. With my outdoor walk, I feel I worked hard today.

Greta’s volleyball group collected money for breast cancer. She’s walking with her other Grandmother. She’s a cancer survivor. .

Monday

Missouri Ironweed was the star of my walk this morning! Even it will be gone soon! It’s an aster, blooms late, and is a great late pollinator.  It’s called iron weed because of its sturdy stalks and when the flowers start to fade they look like rusted iron. I saw on FB someone here had split open a persimmon and found a spoon.  Get ready to shovel snow this winter.

Laura made apple butter in the crockpot with some of her apples. 

Asti and Logan are camping in Utah now at Antelope Island. Today she sent the bottom photo. I can see 3 buffalo! It’s near where Astrid’s Grandparents live~~Salt Lake. I’m proud they included time with them in their vaca. Mark is 79, I think.

A friend’s son from Carroll County shared this picture of a Coachwhip snake. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one. They’re really long and the end of the snake is more brown. It’s a slender snake. It gets its name from it looking like a buggy whip. They are harmless. I’d love to see one.

Laura also made the fall table runner for her coffee bar. 

Sunday

 

Yesterday I went through an old dresser drawer with hopes of throwing some stuff away.  Ingrid on my calendar from Shutterfly I had to keep. It says Faith can move mountains. And I didn’t trash Sigrid’s birthday card to Pop. Inside she drew a dog. Pop loved dogs and Sig wrote the sweetest message.

My coleus in my brother’s deer gut tub has really took off. Helen gave the old tub to me. This October 16th, she’ll be gone one year. I still miss her and I am resigned to continue the feeling the rest of my own life. Missing is remembering. Not missing is forgetting and I don’t even want to….

Saturday is Ada’s Harrison Library Run. I love her black patent boots! She selects a huge tote of books! Erin has trouble getting her to leave the shelves! Ada was reader of the month.  She read the most in her class! She clipped her award on her backpack💜

Be thankful if you can move with ease— such a blessing! I saw Sumac, American Beauty Bush, Day Flower, Poke Sallet, and Flowering Spurge on my morning walk! Sumac is a fascinating plant! Many are allergic to it! Its seeds are used as a spice, a dye, making teas! It has a lemony taste. It was once used to tan leather.   The Sumac plant is related to cashews.

A starter on Varsity Volleyball was injured and Greta (a sophomore) was moved up to play varsity. I got to watch her games on Hudl. She did great. Basketball season is coming up. Volleyball will be a memory. 

Weekend

I’m making a set of cherries for Fleta’s friend at work. She wanted three. Two are small and one about 8 inches. Cherries this big seen strange but I’m making them. They look like apples to me. Oh, well. I didn’t have a pattern. I just found a picture of a cherry and used my imagination.

Fleta walks too. Well, when she feels she can. Many days she’s tired. She gets up at 3:30 every week day to go to work. She leaves her house at 4:30. Starts at 5:00. She does stuff on the computer for Tyson’s. Her work has to do with reports on chicken they sell to Panda, Wendy’s and Burger King. It’s in excel  I think. She walked down the road one day this week and this guy was crossing. She graciously let him go first. When we were kids we walked down this road to get our mail for our mother. If our sis Helen was with us she might grab this creature by the tail. Once Fleta and I threw rocks at a stunk we met along the road. We really had no idea how made we smelled until we arrived home with the mail. Momma was not happy. 

Astrid shared some pictures of the 7 arches they saw on their hike. This one is the longest.

Kay and my professor’s big day is October 17th. She’s invited us to be her guests at her table. She’s being inducted into the ATU Hall of Fame. She’s 90 years old. She doesn’t have many family members to include. No children. Kay thought we should give gifts. Kay painted this bear. It’s a pastel. I think that’s chalk. Dr. Gordon takes pictures. She admires Ansel Adams. I ordered her a book of 100 color images. He’s famous for black and white so I guessed she wouldn’t have the colored ones. She has some of his prints. Well, now Kay has decided the gifts will be distracting and we have to figure out how to give them to her but not during the big deal. Since Kay thought of the gifts, I letting her figure out how we’ll present them.

 

And the Rains Came Down

Whiskey reports 3/4 inch of rain. Maybe they’ll lift the burn ban and I can burn the limbs I’ve picked up!

Greta’s Volleyball team beat Gentry. She’s in the dark pink shoes.

Astrid said she crashed once while dirt biking. No bad hurts. She hates those boots he makes her wear. Asti does it because Logi loves biking and he does things she loves to do.

Today Logi did what Astrid loves. They hiked the primitive trail. It was 7.5 miles taking in 6 arches! If I could walk, this would be a dream of mine. Asti said the trail was rough.

Greta got a nice compliment from her English teacher. And yippee Clayton got a hair cut. He didn’t do as well on his speech. His teacher said his hair caused a distraction. I guess he kept tossing his head to get his hair out of his eyes. He told his Dad he wanted a haircut. I like it. I don’t have a before but it looked bad. 🤭

Thursday October 1

Kay and I tried Nana’s at Opello. We found the town easily but drove around awhile looking for the restaurant. She had a cheeseburger and I had fried catfish. The Cole slaw and French fries with my fish were not good, but the fish and hush puppies were what I was craving. The fish wasn’t over salty. Kay had dessert. She carried cheesecake home for later. I passed. We had a nice afternoon.

Then I went to the nursing home to see my 96 year old friend. She’s not long for this world. She was asleep, but her son and daughter were there so they know I came to see Mary.

Cliffhouse Palace, Mesa Verde, home to the Pueblo people was what A and L saw yesterday. I would have enjoyed seeing this.

I finished Boat Baby. Vicky left Vietnam when she was 8 months old. I enjoyed her memoir. It’s hard to imagine how some people suffer. 

I requested the book Connie read about the homesteaders in Colorado. (The Diary of Mattie Spencer) Our Dover branch had it so I’ll get it next to read. 

The library had just received Whistler by Ann Patchett. I was lucky to get it and started it last night.

Today Astrid and Logan are dirt biking. It’s Logi’s favorite thing to do. They’re camped at Moab now. I’ve been watering her garden stuff. The sprinklers are not working well. I want her plants to live. Rain comes in tonight so if we get a good rain her stuff will be good til she returns.

 

Hump Day and End of the Month

Laura finally got to the end of the treatments. She peeling off now. I know she’s ready to get done with this. She’s premature gray like her father. No longer a redhead!

This morning I walked to Astrid’s gardens and watered everything. The sprinklers don’t seem to be sprinkling. Laura got the soakers on. I picked a lovely purple bell pepper and fixed an omelette for my breakfast with it. Her mandevilla is full of blooms but next year it’ll be even better.

It’s really pretty. The leaves are deep green and glossy.

Yesterday L and A went on a train ride. They saw some beautiful sights. They move on toward Moab today I think. Eric’s father lives in Salt Lake. They’ll have partners for a few days. I am praying Asti gets to behold the wild horses!

Kay and I are going to Opello today to eat at a new place, Nana’s. My turn to pay. Hoping it’s good.