The Crow's Nest
Happy Father’s Day! Chuck is such a great dad he got to celebrate Father’s Day 2 Sundays in a row! How about that?? In our family I am known for doing odd and weird things. It doesn’t take much for me to reinforce this concept. Last Sunday, June 14th I got up early, prepared Chuck a delicious breakfast and had a loving card for him. I profusely wished him a “Happy Father’s Day”. He ate his meal, thanked me for the card and we went to church. About half way through the service I noticed on the announcement page that Father’s Day was the 21st! I started to giggle and realized maybe the elevator didn’t go to the top after all. Chuck mentioned later he had kind of wondered why the telephone hadn’t rung as our kids always call first thing in the morning whenever there is a special occasion. This morning he settled for Honey Oat Cheerios.
Summer has arrived and it is glorious. It is so great to sit outside in the evenings and enjoy the sounds of summer. Flower gardens are in bloom all around Edinburg. Rows of beautiful green leaves are growing fast in the vegetable gardens. The challenge is to keep those “cute, little” deer out of them.
The Trinity Church parking lot is still a mess. We have had lots of rainy weather which has really slowed down progress of removing all the old asphalt and then having it re-paved. Hopefully the weather will cooperate so the project can be completed this week. Mayo Construction out of Cavalier is doing the work.
The Crossroads Youth Group (kids from Edinburg, Mountain and Gardar) returned last evening after spending almost a week in St Louis, MO. They went to help with service projects for those with needs. Other church groups were going to be there also. They looked a bit tired when they got off the bus last night, but I am sure they had a great time.
This past week, everything in our household has become a monumental task. Chuck was told he will be on crutches for another 4 weeks----it has been 4 weeks already. I had surgery so I am useless. We spend a lot of time laughing because nothing is easy to accomplish. O, these “golden” years.
The golf carts are a flyin’ around Edinburg now that the weather has warmed up. I don’t know how many are in town, but it seems there are lots. Chuck brought his cart home from the golf course, so now we park the car, the truck and 2 golf carts in the garage. Ruthie has the fastest cart in town. I kept up with her yesterday when I drove Chuck’s. His is gas powered so I can really get some speed with it. Real adult like!!!
Everyone is on the go this summer. Campers go by our house as families head to Renwick Dam and other places to spend the weekends relaxing. Louise and LeRoy Pederson are up there often as are Wayne and Barb Brandvold and Steve and Sheri Stabo. Fred and Faye (Troftgruben) Kohlmeyer and Hartley and Vonnie Troftgruben are visiting in Edinburg. Faye and Hartley’s parents, Harold and Lillian reside at the Good Samaritan Home in Park River. Dave and Loretta Monson along with their daughter, Katie and husband Scott are in Washington DC just having a good time. They were planning a tour of the city riding on Segways. I am waiting to hear how that went!
Sympathy goes out to Nancy Johnson and family. Stanley and Nancy have been living in Fargo the last few years. Stanley died this past week and was buried at Garfield Cemetery last Thursday.
Congratulations to Vera and Elroy Brandvold on their 40th wedding anniversary. Also, this is the weekend Jill Kertz gets married to Adam Wohl at Trinity. Love is in the air.
Have a great week and we will talk later.
