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rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 July 19 Friday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa White hot sunrise. There were still long shadows as we made our way to the fee booth. I picked up yesterday’s receipts and monies at the fee booth and took them to the office. Only to discover that the office was still locked. So I had […]

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 July 18 Thursday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa 81° and high humidity makes it feel like 85° at the break of day. Which is why there is still an excessive heat warning inn effect. One of the blogs that I follow which is entitled “My Joyous Feature” had an interesting thought about pen and […]

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 July 17 Wednesday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa 73° and 93% humidity with an EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING! still in affect. It had reached the upper 70s before the storm blew through. Then It quickly dropped to 65°. But managed to race up to 84° by afternoon. Can you feel the heat coming from that […]

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com2019 July 16 Tuesday in Altoona, Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa 68° and 93% humidity at daybreak is why there is still an EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING! Teach us to number each of our days so that we may grow in wisdom. Return, LORD! How long…? Change your plans about us, your servants. Satisfy us every morning with […]

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 July 15 Monday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa 70° and sticky this morning. Weatherbug claims the humidity is at 80% but it feels higher than that! We slept with the doors open during the night but it never really cooled off inside. We will be gone until afternoon so I’m leaving the air conditioner […]

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 July 14 Sunday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa There were no clouds to capture the various colors of the sunrise, just some leaves to lessen its intensity. Once a year our worship service is moved from the Adult center to the Clubhouse. Because once a year they use the adult center to count and […]

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 July 13 Saturday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa Burnt orange sky this morning and even though Weatherbug says “partly cloudy” in reality it is completely overcast. The lake isn’t quite as calm this morning as it was yesterday. However, it is still peaceful to my soul. We were missing some of the regulars at […]

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 July 12 Friday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa 70° and cloudless at sunrise Look how calm the lake was this morning. It was nearly a perfect mirror. I worked the first shift today and so missed the gathering at the cafe. Likewise I will miss lunch at the senior center. However, I was present […]

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 July 11 Thursday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa 65° and mostly cloudy overnight. The clouds opened, the sun came out, the angels sang, and it reached a pleasant 83°. Cutty’s coffee group was larger than normal today. Grimes Senior Center group was also larger than usual. It must have been the pumpkin pour thatbrought […]

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com2019 July 10 Wednesday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa Weatherbug is kinda giving’ mixed signals this morning. Mostly sunny with rain! Although The sky is kinda givin’ mixed messages also. Not many pearls of wisdom from the Cutty’s coffee clutch this morning. Everyone appeared tired. After coffee Ella and I went to the Grimes senior center. […]