The Crow's Nest
Uffda----and then again uffda! The last couple of days we have been bombarded by very strong gales of wind. It is almost eerie to listen to it howl during the night time hours. Hopefully all the fallen leaves are now long gone from Edinburg’s city limits and are well established in another part of the state.
This past week has been a “sea of orange” around town. Deer hunters are out in full force looking for that special buck. Chuck, John Evenson, Jim Otto and Randy Johansen were over in Adams last Friday morning for the annual “Hunter’s Breakfast” at the Adams Lutheran Church. Going to the breakfast has become quite a tradition. Rosie served chili at the Fireside Lounge and said she had a huge crowd come in to enjoy the food.
We still are so thankful that Rose Denault decided to serve noon meals at the Fireside. I know I have mentioned it before, but Rosie is a terrific cook and the food is great. She had ham and mashed potatoes with ham gravy the other day that was absolutely “out of this world”. It was SO good. Rosie has done such a great job turning the bar in to a café like atmosphere during the noon hour. If you haven’t tried it, please come down to the Fireside Lounge and enjoy a noon meal. Many local “Edinburgers” enjoy getting together and visiting while having a wonderful meal.
Our trip to Seattle changed my life. Not really. But, I have decided to try to live more “green”!!! I now take a tote down to Market on Main when I go shopping. When I think about it, the United States is way behind in the “living green” department. While living in Germany 30 years ago, I took a wicker basket to the market daily to buy the foodstuffs that I needed for that day. They didn’t have plastic bags. I did notice in Seattle that a good percentage of the cars on the roads were hybrids. I guess we all can do our part.
A little on the personal side: Chuck went down to First Health Care this morning for a colonoscopy. Tonight as we were visiting he mentioned how great it is to have such a wonderful place to go for medical purposes. He talked about how caring the staff is and how each patient is treated with such respect. Of course, it helps when the patient “loves” all the ladies at First Care----and Chuck does. The bottom line is: we are so fortunate to have this hospital so close. O yes, Chuck said it was the best colonoscopy that he has had! Take note and have one scheduled. It is important.
It also was a sad week for us as Effie Ulberg died. Yes, she was 90 years old and had lived a wonderful life, but it is still very sad to say goodby. Marvin and Effie were such a part of our lives when we retired back here in 1992. Of course, they had been family friends from forever, but living across the street from them made our connection ever more special. Ron and Sandi and Diane were here along with all of their children. Effie’s funeral was at St Mary’s in Park River with burial in Edinburg.
I wish everyone a very blessed and happy Thanksgiving. Ruthie, happy belated birthday to you yesterday. Your numbers are “climbing” up there also---unfortunately not as fast as mine. Have a great day and we will visit later.
