THE CROW’S
NEST-----------------April
29,
2010
Spring must be here
as I listen and watch a
parade of tractors pulling
cultivators, discs and
seeders through and around
town to the various
surrounding fields. It
really is such a great noise
as you know warm weather and
new growth is “just around
the corner”. The farmers
are about a month ahead of
planting from last year. I
don’t know if that is good
or bad: just know it is a
statistic. We have
experienced a few days of
wonderful, warm weather. In
fact, I wrote in my daily
journal on Friday, April 23rd
we had our first al fresco
meal. I fixed scallops on
the grill and it was a
glorious evening weather
wise. A few nights before
the 23rd was
gorgeous also as we drove
around town in our golf
cart.
It is probably hard for
some who read this page to
understand how everyone
looks forward to spring and
the warmth it brings.
Winter is long and cold and
our summers seem so short (I
attribute that to everyone
planning too many events so
we don’t have time to enjoy
the season). Autumn appears
way too fast.
Everyone should have been
here yesterday. We had
wind, wind, wind. Gusts
were up to 50 MPH! It was
not a fun day to be
outside. Thankfully the
temperatures were in the
50’s. Today it is calm and
rainy. The rain is very
welcome.
We have watched lots of
geese fly overhead on their
northern migration. Now it
is time to prepare for the
orioles and the hummingbirds
to return. I have already
started making grape jelly
for the orioles. There are
days when they go through a
whole pint of jelly! It is
crazy.
Edinburg High School along
with Valley High School had
their prom last weekend in
Crystal. Edinburg and
Valley will be joining next
year with the
consolidation. I did not
get any pictures to post. I
am told there are many on “FACEBOOK”----if
interested. I HAVE posted a
couple of new pictures on
the Education page. I have
refrained from putting
pictures of the school kids
on the website because of
all the “goofy” people who
take advantage of such
pictures and names. It
makes me so disgusted
knowing that I need to think
long and hard before I post
pictures of our youth and
their accomplishments. It
gets very discouraging.
I wish I had a great story
to tell about a happening in
Edinburg---I don’t! Life
just seems to go on and
everyone seems to be happy
and content. I want to let
everyone know that David and
Loretta Monson will be
grandparents again as their
daughter, Katie and husband
Scott are expecting a baby
in September. Our family is
excited!! Chad and Jana (Brandvold)
Gudmundson are also
expecting a 2nd
child in October. How
exciting for everyone.
Newborns aside----I have
been asked one more time---to
“teen sit” our grandson,
Lane as his folks go to Maui
over Labor Day. I find this
very comforting as this is
probably the last time I
will do something like
this! All of our grandkids
are now almost grown up
(three in college) and 3 in
high school. Where does the
time go???
David
and Loretta are almost ready
to move in to Edinburg.
They purchased Wanda Hall’s
home and have been busy
remodeling it. It will be
wonderful to have both my
brother and my sister
residing in a 2-block area.
Just think how much
togetherness we will
have???? All kidding aside,
it will be so much fun to
have Dave and Loretta just
around the corner from both
Ruthie and myself. How many
sisters and brother live in
a 2 block radius of each
other?
Jim Otto is hospitalized at
Altru with an infection. We
sure wish him well and a
speedy recovery. Our
sympathy goes to the family
of Erma Brevik, who died
last week. Today we offer
sympathy to Dennis and Mavis
Hogfoss and family on the
death of Mavis’ mother,
Marion Wylie. Her funeral
was held today this morning
at Trinity. Marion had been
living in Grand Forks for
the last few years. She was
93 years old.
What surprises I had this
morning! Julie (Wallum)
Pierce was “steered” by Barb
Anderson (from Market On
Main) to go up to the church
if she wanted to see
people. Julie and a friend
were here from Seattle for a
college graduation. I don’t
remember when I last saw
her. We had a
mini-reunion. I also saw
Lois (Solberg) Kovarik.
Lois was a classmate of
Mavis and me. She lives
close to Whitman, ND, but I
don’t think I had seen her
since we graduated 48 years
ago. Rose Adele Sigurdson,
Lois and I had a good visit
over lunch following
Marion’s funeral.
I have been having many
issues with this website.
The plans are to revamp the
whole site and freshen it
up. The site is so old that
pages are being “pirated”
making it often hard for me
to get into the WebPages. I
hope we will soon have the
whole Edinburg site problem
free.
Have a great day and we
will visit later.
I
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