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2018 August 05 Sunday in Grimes Iowa 66° start and a brief wind and rain event. It was 86° at noon and reached 92° I conducted worship service at Cutty’s. Ella took a photo of m me with my mouth open. Not flattering but accurate. For lunch we went to Hibachi Grill and Buffet. IContinue reading “2018 August 05 Sunday”

2018 August 04 Saturday Nye Family Reunion in Grimes Iowa 75° start and mostly overcast. Coffee with friends just keeps growing. There were a dozen see one point. Standing in the background is Stoney, (left to right back row) Nancy, Sandy, Francis, Keith, and Sue in blue and white blouse but hidden behind Jean. (nearContinue reading “2018 August 04 Saturday”

2018 August 03 Friday in Grimes Iowa 63° at the start, 83° by noon, and 95° by mid afternoon We got into the truck this morning and the battery was dead. Our best guess is the security system started the lights flashing (horn doesn’t work) yesterday afternoon. We were with Kara in her car allContinue reading “2018 August 03 Friday”

2018 August 02 Thursday in Grimes, indianola, & Des Moines Iowa 56° in the morning and 78° at noon. I checked my INR this morning and my blood is slightly too thick ( clots too easily) and my glucose level was higher than it should be (not dangerously high) the good news is that I’mContinue reading “2018 August 02 Thursday”

2018 August 01 Wednesday in Grimes Iowa 57° and hazy. The humidity is at 94% and climbing. Coffee with friends at Cutty’s Cafe. Them to the Grimes Senior center for games and lunch. We head a new attendee play Fast Track with us today. It became clear very soon that he is in the earlyContinue reading “2018 August 01 Wednesday”

2018 July 31 Tuesday in Grimes Iowa 61° and hazy because of the humidity in the air at sunrise. It reached a high of 85° and was partly cloudy however the humidity dropped from 100% to 50%. Today would have been my mother’s 111th birthday. On that same day that my mother was born theContinue reading “2018 July 31 Tuesday”

2018 July 30 Monday in Grimes Iowa 61° Another day of work at the fee booth (8-2:30) for me. Another day of coffee with friends followed by games and lunch with more friends. Then home to do some housework before retrieving me from the fee booth. After work, we drove to Walmart for a fewContinue reading “2018 July 30 Monday”

W in Grimes Iowa 63° early and climbed the 78° after noon Beautiful clouds this morning. 72° and mostly overcast at noon I didn’t work at the fee booth today. We had breakfast and coffee at the cafe this morning. Most of the usual game were there. When Verizon opened, we were there to determineContinue reading “2018 July 28 Saturday”

2018 July 27 Friday in Grimes Iowa 58° this morning. I was up shortly after 5 and went out to greet the sun. It wasn’t there yet. So I walked down to the lake and said good morning to the geese. By the way, it was darker than it appeared in the photos because theContinue reading “2018 July 27 Friday”

2018 July 25 Wednesday in Grimes Iowa Without my phone I didn’t have a morning Sunrise shot this morning. and I really didn’t know what the temperature was at Daybreak. Today was hazy but bright. I worked from 8 to 2: 30 today. Ella went to a coffee as usual and Stockton brought me anContinue reading “2018 July 25 Wednesday in”