Here we have arrived at the LAST Friday of August 2021

 TERRY

It is 9:00 AM as I write and Terry just asked for the paper about 10 minutes ago.  I asked if she just woke up and she said she had been waking up for some time!  There is no news to give.  I went to the web site of where she got some tests done and there have no results listed as of yet.  She said she had a good nights sleep so that is wonderful.  There are no plans for the day.

I just do not have a lot to say today.  I may post several pictures and that may be it.  

I have my day kind of planned as I will get in a bike ride, get some papers cleaned up, keep the kitchen clean and make sure Terry is taken care of in terms of food.  AS I read over what I just wrote I think it sounds like I am kind of old!  What the heck, it is what it is so one may as well make the best of it.  

I actually starting thinking about a second book.  Now it may just stay at the "thinking" stage but maybe it will get farther than that.  I just don't know what direction to take IF there is a second book.  

November of 2022

Well as one writes you may as well take the good with the bad.  The pictures of the burned farm almost make me sick but life goes on and always things get better!  At one time Dave had ideas of restoring the truck but that never happened.  It was towed to Philip Freeman's farm and put in the trees.  I sent a text to Karen a few weeks ago as I thought it may be worth taking a picture of it now with trees growing up BUT it has been removed which I think is a good thing.

Well as one can see this is a FUN picture.  It was taken after Trinity won the region basketball title against a school much larger and a big time favorite.  If I could list, in order, the 100s of soccer and basketball games we watched Cynthia, Aaron, Travis and John play this game would rank way way high and perhaps #1.  Cynthia made two critical baskets in the last couple of minutes which made Dad proud for sure!

I looked at this today and decided I need to upgrade my filing system!!!

Here is Horst Winderlich who grew up on a farm 3/4 of a mile from us.  He and his mother Elsa who is in the wheel chair came over from Germany when Horst was pre teen years.  Elsa (sp) married George and they had 3 children two of whom are in the picture and Robert on the left now does the farming.  Last time we saw him I asked if he had never been married and he said, "No I was lucky"! 

Pickles often starts my day off with a chuckle.

Time to sign off and "make hay" so to speak of the day.  I do have half a cup of FP left so will heat it up and take a little more time before work!