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2018 May 07 Monday in Grimes Iowa 51°and clear that climbed to 76° by 1:00 p.m. Our day started with a drive to Altoona. We met with Tina at Perkins for breakfast. She and her daughter will be returning to Germany tomorrow. They have been here for two months (while we were in Texas) soContinue reading “2018 May 07 Monday”

2018 May 06 Sunday in Grimes Iowa 56° at 6 a.m. We had breakfast on the patio this morning. And yes, Ella had coffee today. The new coffee maker it’s much slower than Mr Coffee but it gets the job done. While I worked at the fee booth this morning, Ella did laundry at theContinue reading “2018 May 06 Sunday”

2018 May 04 Friday in Grimes Iowa 57° in the morning under clear skies. Yesterday’s storms have moved on without causing any real damage locally. Thank you, God. This was a boring day. Lunch was at the senior center. We stopped at the fee both to make sure I still remembered the basics on theContinue reading “2018 May 04 Friday”

2018 May 03 Thursday in Grimes Iowa 59° and foggy at 4:30 in the morning. Ain’t no sunshine today. Evidently Ella got cold during the night. I turned the heat on for a little bit. The foggy overcast stayed with us even when storms went through. The civil defense sirens went off around 3:45 becauseContinue reading “2018 May 03 Thursday”

2018 May 02 Wednesday in Grimes Iowa 62° and cloudy at 4:30 a.m. I seem to be back on my normal sleep pattern after the journey from Texas to Iowa. Meanwhile Ella was still asleep still trying to recover. While she slept I swept. Remember this photo from yesterday showing all the maple buds onContinue reading “2017 May 02 Wednesday”

2018 May 01 Tuesday in Grimes Iowa 58° and lightening greeted our arrival at our summer home. (See the end of yesterday’s post for our misadventures there) We went to bed this morning just before six so there were no sunrise photos. Actually, since a short lived rain storm came through after we were inContinue reading “2018 May 01 Tuesday”

2018 April 30 Monday in Austin Texas 64° and partly cloudy while it was 57° and cloudy in Grimes Iowa at 4:30 this morning. 7:15 and we’re on the road heading toward Iowa. 8:30 stopped at rest area outside Killeen. About 9:30 a.m. we stopped in Waco to see our friend,Larraine. She fixed scrambled eggsContinue reading “2018 April 30 Monday”

2018 April 29 Sunday in Liberty Hill Texas 56° here and 48° in Grimes Iowa. This morning we’re emptying and flushing the holding tanks. Emptying and cleaning the refrigerator and last minute things before heading to church. The youth took over the service today and did a wonderful job of it. After the service weContinue reading “2018 April 29 Sunday”

2018 April 28 Saturday in Liberty Hill Texas 57° and cloudy here while it was 41° and clear to start the day in Iowa. There are only 241 days till Christmas. Are you ready? Tic toc! We started our day by getting dressed in our Make Church a Verb t-shirts. We then gathered for communionContinue reading “2018 April 28 Saturday a”

2018 April 27 Friday in Liberty Hill Texas 54° with some color in the sky. At the same time Grimes Iowa was in the low 40s Our first stop for the day was the VA clinic for my biannual check up and get prescriptions renewed. Then it was to the Leander Senior center for spaghettiContinue reading “2018 April 27 Friday”