Author Archives: Tom

2018 May 18 Friday in Grimes Iowa 59° calm and clear morning today. Mr House Finch at our feeder. While Mrs Finch kept an eye out up above. We get quite a few birds here in addition to the house finches, there are gold finches, Orioles, Downey woodpeckers, several varieties of sparrows, wrens, white-eyed grackles,Continue reading “2018 May 18 Friday”

2018 May 17 Thursday in Grimes Iowa 62° and mostly clear this morning. Tried very hard to reach 83° today. Altogether a nice day with just enough breeze to be comfortable. On the way to the senior center, we stopped at the post office. I received more meds. As usual we played games and ate.Continue reading “2018 May 17 Thursday”

2018 May 16 Wednesday in Grimes Iowa 58° and clear this morning. I worked at the fee booth from 8 to 2 today. I had a new employee with me so that I could continue his training. After work we went to Village Inn for pie. Tom & Sue, Sandy & Francis, Keith & Jean,Continue reading “2018 May 16 Wednesday”

2018 May 15 Tuesday in Grimes Iowa 59° and hazy to start with. The sun came out about 11:00. We reached out high of 76° be 2 p.m. We started our day with dentist visits for both of us. After a checkup and cleaning, my teeth are good to go until September. Ella gets toContinue reading “2018 May 15 Tuesday”

2018 May 13 Sunday in Grimes Iowa Rain! We’ve had four plus inches of rain since we arrived in Iowa on May first. I have algae growing between my toes. On the way home from church rain so hard I could hardly see where I was going. Thank God by about two it started toContinue reading “2018 May 13 Sunday”

2018 May 12 Saturday in Grimes Iowa 47° chilly degrees and more rain this morning with occasional gusts of twenty plus. Not a nice way to start the day. But any day in this side of the sod is a good day! The patio is soggy and it is too cold to sit out thereContinue reading “2018 May 12 Saturday”

2018 May 11 Friday in Grimes Iowa 54° rain and wind to begin the day. Rain went away but temperature only reached 60°. Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain . The pitter patter of a light rain welcomed me from my slumber. And shortly turned much angrier with wind and pelting rain. ItContinue reading “2018 May 11 Friday”

2018 May 10 Thursday in Grimes Iowa 52° with clear skies and ground fog as the day began. Many years ago youngest daughter Heather gave us a gourd birdhouse. And, yes, that is exactly like it sounds like. It is a large gourd hollowed out through a small hole. Last year I noticed that thereContinue reading “2018 May 10 Thursday”

2018 May 08 Wednesday in Grimes Iowa 62° and clear. And climbed to 73 by the afternoon with a mostly cloudy sky. Liver and onions for lunch today’s flex meal at the center. The regular meal was a Chief salad. We played bingo after lunch until it was time to go to Village Inn. WeContinue reading “2018 May 08 Wednesday”

2018 May 08 Tuesday in Grimes Iowa 64°, breezy, and overcast to start the day. It became very windy in the afternoon with gusts of 30+ mph. The sun came out and the temperature topped out at 83° by three o’clock. And then it became completely overcast again. We went to the senior center forContinue reading “2018 May 08 Tuesday”