The Crow's Nest
Marilyn Hagerty wrote in her Grand Forks Herald column this past week that we won’t be saying “good-bye” to summer as we never said “hello”!! How very true that is. This has truly been an unusually cool summer. I don’t know if the tomatoes will ripen before the first frost. I do know that our garden lettuce has grown beautifully because of the low temperatures. I also know we are getting tired of eating it every night!
We have had 2-3 days of warm sunshine. The grain fields are slowly ripening and the sunflowers are starting to bloom. The garden vegetables are slow to mature. I usually have 50 quarts of dill pickles canned by this time of the year. So far I have only done 13 quarts. Maybe this is a good way to start thinking about cutting back on the size of our garden patch. There is always the option of buying pickles at Market On Main!
School starts next week in Edinburg. Time just seems to zip by so fast. Mary Langerud has been busy planning out the menus for the school meal program. I am sure Melvin Obie has been in high gear also getting everything ready for that first day of school.
The sure sign of autumn is Trinity Lutheran’s Annual Turkey Supper. It is scheduled for September 16th. That day is rapidly approaching. There is lots of preparation that goes in to the supper, but is well worth the effort. We have been serving around 500 people each year. Most of us have had the same “job” for many years, so everything seems to go like clock-work. The only downside is we all are getting a bit older so everything seems to take more time and effort to get things done. O well, no one goes away hungry.
What a fun, fun night we had in Edinburg last Wednesday. The UND Tour Bus came to town. Each year UND plans a 3 day tour either in the northern half or the southern half of the state for the new faculty members. This provides a chance for them to “see” what North Dakota is all about. Fortunately for us, the tour group ended this year’s jaunt by hosting an evening meal for area UND graduates and members of the community at the Edinburg Community Center. Bernice Flanagan did a marvelous job of coordinating the event. She also was a great Master of Ceremonies! President and Mrs. Kelly were on the tour bus along with the new faculty members of UND. It was great fun visiting with everyone and to see how very diverse the group was. Edinburg’s main street was all polished up and at its finest. The group seemed to be very impressed with our little town.
Chuck and I were supposed to be on a cruise ship to Alaska today, but we had to cancel the trip until next spring. I know young love is wonderful, but I have come to realize there is nothing like “old love” to see one through times of trials and such. Chuck has had to really step up and take care of lots of issues related to my mastectomy and rheumatoid arthritis. What a comfort 45 years of marriage has been. I feel very, very blessed by it all.
Lots of people are or have traveled recently. Harold and Alida Flom are cruising the Alaskan waters. David and Loretta Monson recently returned from the Nevada with stops in Utah and Wyoming. Ruth Hall and Beverley Hall along with Jodi (Hall) Crockett and 2 of her children, Jase and Halle just came back from Boise, ID where they visited John and Connie Simpson and family and Vera Brandvold is home from Colorado. Everyone said they had a grand time. Sylvia Lowe is here visiting her sister, Dolly Halvorson of Park River. They have come to Edinburg for church Sunday mornings.
A huge thank you to Janne and Christian Myrdal for the beautiful bouquet of wildflowers they brought me last Saturday evening. They were beautiful! Janne left Sunday for Oslo, Norway to be with her mom.
Have a great day and we will talk later.
