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2018 June 18 Monday in Grimes Iowa 78° to start the day 86 that feels like 96 at noon There’s supposed to be some rain and cooler weather coming. We had a full table at the cafe this morning. Brian, Cutty’s manager, and Bev, the cafe manager, down on their knees. They are either tryingContinue reading “2018 June 18 Monday”

2018 June 17 Sunday in Grimes Iowa Happy Father’s Day 76° to start the day and 94° at noon. With the heat index at 99° at 6 p.m. We had a community breakfast at the club house this morning. It was all-you-care-to-eat scrambled eggs, hash browns, toast, and sausage patties or ham slices. We hadContinue reading “2018 June 17 Sunday”

2018 June 14 Thursday in Grimes Iowa 59° with rain and winds. Rain stopped about 7:30 a.m. But then returned around 10 with a vengeance. The whole storm of rain, wind, lightning and a little hail was over again by noon. Then the temps jumped to a muggy 80° and stayed there until about sunset.Continue reading “2018 June 14 Thursday”

2018 June 16 Saturday in Grimes Iowa 76° to start the day and 95°(heat index of 105°) shortly after noon. Still 95 after sundown. The sky was all shredded of orange this morning. At the orange sun shining on the maple tree was striking. We are located between Bart Dudley and Don’t Fence When IContinue reading “2018 June 16 Saturday”

2018 June 13 Wednesday in Grimes Iowa 61° start 82° high and 72°at 11 p.m. The usual coffee in the morning at the cafe and lunch at the senior center. Today however we also had pie with friends at Village Inn. Then we came home so that I could work on the sermon for Sunday.Continue reading “2018 June 13 Wednesday”

2018 June 11 Monday in Grimes Iowa 65° and a gentle rain that started last evening and continued into late morning. It cleared enough for the temp to reach 80 humid degrees. Then the cloud cover came back. Intermittent rain and 74° at 9. This is a work day for me. So I couldn’t joinContinue reading “2018 June 11 Monday”

2018 June 12 Tuesday in Grimes Iowa 68° and clear after another night if rain and wind. I’m working at the fee booth from 8-2:30 today. Ella followed the normal weekday schedule of coffee with friends at Cutty’s Cafe (actually it was only her and Keith) and then games and lunch at the Grimes SeniorContinue reading “2018 June 12 Tuesday”

2018 June 09 Saturday in Grimes Iowa 74° start with 92° by 3 p.m. and 83° at 9 p.m. Hot and sticky all day. It wouldn’t be an officially started day without coffee at the cafe with friends. A couple days ago I won some prizes at bingo. I let Ella pick out what sheContinue reading “2018 June 09 Saturday”

2018 June 08 Friday in Grimes Iowa 71° start with 87° around noon and still at 83° at 9 p.m. No sunrise photo today. I woke at 3:30 which was too early even for me. I went back to bed and slept until Ella’s 7 o’clock alarm. Bible reading and devotion writing took precedence overContinue reading “2018 June 08 Friday”

2018 June 07 Thursday in Grimes Iowa 64° this morning with a high of 88°. It was about 75° by 9. An inch of rain fell yesterday evening in a rather short amount of time I stopped at Home Depot yesterday looking for supplies to build a coffee table storage area. Couldn’t find what IContinue reading “2018 June 07 Thursday”