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rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 August 05 Monday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa 64° overnight and 71° at sunrise with a few clouds. Reached 86 even with clouds. Waiting for the sunrise. An egg yoke sunrise this morning. The Cutty’s Coffee group was down to 4 today Francis and Sandy, Ella and I. We had a little shopping toContinue reading “2019 August 05 Monday”

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 August 04 Sunday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa 61° overnight and 63° at sunrise. Hazyness is not a good sign, it means we’re at 100% humidity. And that means icky sticky! Again our numbers forthe coffee group were down, the Stones and the Beasleys were missing. Bob, Francis and Sandy, Ella and I wereContinue reading “2019 August 04 Sunday”

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 August 03 Saturday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa 66° overnight and 84° at its warmest. 66° and humid this morning. This is the second round of flowers here. I thought when the others had bloomed and died, that it was done for the season. Coffee with friends at the cafe also became breakfast pizzaContinue reading “August 03 Saturday”

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 August 02 Friday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa 61° overnight and 64° at sunrise. I work 3-10 today which means I can go to coffee this morning and lunch at the Grimes senior center today. However, when we arrived this coffee, we were the only ones there. So, we left. It has been aContinue reading “2019 August 02 Friday”

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 August 01 Thursday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa The first day of August started at 62° and reached 80° around midday. The early morning sun on the trees around the lake. By 4 pm the sky was overcast but the lake still looked nice. When Ella picked me up from work, we took aContinue reading “2019 August 01 Thursday”

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 July 31 Wednesday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa 63° and mostly sunny. It was a great night to sleep with the windows and doors open. We will do so again tonight. It slowly climbed to 72° under cloudy conditions and then a nice rain (no storm) came through. It may have changed some outdoorContinue reading “2019 July 31 Wednesday”

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 July 30 Tuesday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa 62° and sunny. Reached 81 before quickly dropping into mid and low 70s. Looks like another night with the windows and doors ooen If it hadn’t been for Sue’s granddaughters, our coffee group would have been REALLY small today. Ella and I shared a scrambler platterContinue reading “2019 July 30 Tuesday”

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 July 29 Monday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa 67° and hazy. Topped out at 82° which was a little relief. It stayed hazy again. There are various fires in the US southwest. I don’t know of that’s why we’ve been hazy lately. The morning hazeness made the sun look like a small yellow ballContinue reading “2019 July 29 Monday”

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 July 28 Sunday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa 71° and mostly cloudy, Morning clouds almost adds more color to a sunrise. Our Sunday service was cut short. Other than Ella and I only one other person arrived and he quickly, left feeling sick. The good news is … I now have next week’s serviceContinue reading “2019 July 28 Sunday”

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com2019 July 27 Saturday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa 71° and clear in the morning. This is a day off for me. Shabbat shalom!We went to Cutty’s cafe for coffee and fellowship, a usual on my essays off, though Ella goes nearly every day. Once we were finished correcting all the worlds wrongs, we headed forContinue reading “2019 July 27 Saturday”