THE CROW’S
NEST----------------August
29, 2007
An
old Roy Roger’s movie is
playing on TCM and it seems
that is just what we needed
to watch tonight. We all
need a little “fluff” in our
everyday existence. Our
hearts, thoughts and prayers
go out to all the people of
Northwood and the
surrounding area after the
devastating tornado that
ripped through their town
Sunday night. The news
tonight categorized the
tornado as an F4. You can
see by the pictures I put on
the website all the
destruction that took place
in there. The “Tornado
Siren” also went off here in
Edinburg. TJ and Katie Hall
were out at Katie’s dad’s
cabin west of town. Katie
took pictures of a tornado
touching down west of Tiber
Coulee. Those are also
posted on the website.
Edinburg experienced a bit
of hail. Some hail that
came down were huge
specimens. The whole
evening was very unusual.
Before going to bed Sunday
night we watched a
spectacular light show of
constant lightening to the
south.
Grain harvest seems to be
winding down in the area.
The weather has cooperated
for the most part. It is
fun to see all the activity
down by the elevator. The
birds are having a feast
eating the grain that has
fallen to the ground from
truck boxes. My
understanding is this has
been a good year for the
farmers. Last week the NBC
Today Show featured wheat
fields of North Dakota as
one of America’s 10 most
beautiful places to see. I
believe the wheat field was
in the southern part of the
state. Anyway, I heartily
agreed with the segment as I
watched the reporter visit
with the farmer as they
stood in field of waving
grain. The sight was
beautiful. It made me proud
to be from North Dakota.
It is great going downtown
around 11:30 AM (especially
Monday, Wednesday and
Friday) to see Main Street
full of vehicles. Rosie has
been getting a pretty good
response to her noon meals.
She hit the jackpot the day
she served liver and
onions. That was a hit!!!
The Senior Meals at the
Community Center is also
drawing a big crowd. Today
they served 54 meals. Not
bad for our little town. I
have heard wonderful reviews
of the meals Larry Schuster
and Mary Seim prepare.
We went to our great nephew
Jade’s wedding in Carrington
this past weekend. His new
wife’s dad is general
manager of Dakota Growers
Pasta so you can imagine the
pasta feast we had! A chef
from Chicago fixed 4 pasta
entrees plus a wonderful
salad and a dessert of
tiramisu for 400 guests.
The meal was divine and the
evening picture perfect with
wonderful weather.
While in Carrington we also
worshipped Sunday morning at
Pastor Bruce’s church. It
was so much fun to see the
Vold’s. Bryan is a junior
at Concordia and Matthew is
starting his freshman year.
Kelly said she is busy
playing volleyball. I
understand Matthew is city
champion at the local golf
course.
If anybody drives by and
notices something strange in
my yard it is because there
is something strange there.
I am now a proud owner of a
genuine palm tree born and
raised in California. Our
nephew just visited from
Tacoma where he is a
landscape architect. He
owns a nursery and
landscapes with palm trees
in the Seattle-Tacoma area.
He brought me one and of
course gave me the “skinny”
on how to take care of it.
He said they could survive
in temperatures to 10
degrees. I will take it in
for the winter months. I
wanted to don a grass skirt
and play my ukulele, but
Chuck suggested I just think
about it rather than doing
it.
School is back in session.
It is hard to believe little
Grace Kertz (Bob and
Noella’s daughter) is
already in kindergarten.
Time sure goes by fast.
The orioles and
hummingbirds are in a
feeding frenzy as they get
ready to migrate south. It
is hard to keep up with the
grape jelly and syrup for
them. It is fascinating to
watch as they vie for space
at the feeders.
Have a great day and will
talk later.
I
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