Category: Trella Diaries

Monday September 13th
Watering. Set out perennials- Pink anemones, white phlox and Siberian Iris. Campanula bluechp- Dug in compost and fertilizer. Second 2 hours of “American Love Story.” Too much like amateur home video. Mostly about Bill and Karen’s daughter Cecily. Send pics to Mildred Rutherford.

Sunday September 12th
Called David so sorry I won’t hear him play 1812 overture etc with Cincinnati Brass Band and the Cincinnati Symphony. Picked Mary up at 4 met Willis Thomas at Green Camp Prairie to check out plants. He hiked to end to check out culvert. It’s still there but but eroded. Great to see 25 species. To Mary’s for a bath and then to Pete and Kass’s house for catered dinner. 32 there party for 18 years as a designer. Home at 9 to see “American Love Story”

Saturday
Willis Thomas into RC just back from two week vacation said he had started research on new project. Diaries. Had call from Stuart Brown of Florida will be in Marion first week of October. Kathi and Bob Bob flew to OK City to visit Wrights.

Friday September 10th
Transferred photos of Green Springs and Log Cabin Program to computer and printed out collages and individuals. Kensel C called with news that he had found 25 species growing on Green Camp railroad prairie (my gift to MCHS) he and Bob Harter had sowed prairie seed over past 3 years- half of them blooming now. Kensel still mining 1846 tax maps. At Resource Center received call from Richard Rinker of Elon College North Carolina seeking descendants of George Christian Rinker. And call from John Baker of Cleveland- descendant of Eber Baker. He will come down to RC. Sent Rinker info from 1883 and 1907 Marion County histories. Chris Monnier called with info on airing of “An American Love Story” on PBS starting soon. Told me of full page on it in September 5th New York Times art section. Call from Kurt Moore who writing story for Marion Star
To Perkins with two Mary’s. Chatted with Doctor Whitehead and Florence Cosgrove who lived behind us on Park Street. Sent email encouraging Josh on OSU marching band tryout (he didn’t make it for the fifth time!)

Thursday September 9th
Kathi and Bob’s wedding anniversary. They will spend the night at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. Royce cleaning and redding up. Me watering. Spent morning redoing floor plan and 3D shots- mailed to him.[?who?] Waited for Don K to help plant order of perennials but didn’t hear him ring. He left tomatoes. HH at 3:30 and took aloe and echeveria for flea market. Bought a rose picture. Didn’t stay for parade- was exhausted.

Wednesday September 8th 87 degrees
Margaret Hoffman picked me up at 9 and we drove through fog to Bucyrus and up Route 19 to Green Springs where Margaret was born. Visited Mildred Rutherford in Elmwood Assisted Living. Has broken hip but alert. Was 90 in July. To “green springs” down steps by lakes at St Francis Hospital and Margie filled jugs with sulfur water. To Fremont for lunch at Ryan’s. Then to fruit stands for melons, apples and peaches. Back at Green Springs we met Bud Rutherford where Bud met us and sign his book on Green Springs Schools that Margaret bought. Home about 5

Tuesday September 7th
Spent morning updating files setting up Terradise Nature Center Endowment Fund and printing them out for meeting with Telfer and Dowler at 2:30 in Resource Center. They agreed I should ask Ralph Boger to be one of the advisors for the TEF- signed my will with Richard Carey as witness gives David life is estate in Terradise. But Hap [Dowler] will check deeding it with the life estate so I could get tax credit. Then to Exec committee. Margaret Gracely has declined to move from VP to the presidency and keeps sniping at Jane who tries so hard and has brought in so much grant money.

Monday September 6th Labor Day – 46 years ago this weekend we moved into taradise it was 100°!
Spent most of the day trying to build roof on computer for remodeling.
Wrote to Robert Farrell and Barbara Gantt Eng. Got Hildreth Genealogy ready to send to her in Portland, O- granddaughter of Mertie MacAdow Gantt. Spent an hour or so filling out form from Cincy Archdiocese concerning Don and Kathi’s wedding- Don’s wife Rita wants her kids legal in the Catholic church and so needs Kathi and Don’s marriage nullified.

Sunday September 5th
Working with 3D Home Architect Mary out at 2 with sweet corn for supper.

Saturday September 4th
At resource center and no customers so I got my 1998 and 1998[sic] MCHS board note books in order.