Category: Trella Diaries

Wednesday July 14th
Kass and Pete stopped on their way to Sam’s at Mansfield to leave offer to purchase signed by Mike and Diana Corea. Did laundry- cleaned the kitchen- e-mail from Kathi about Haldeman’s visit. Mailed letter and trillium corms to Keith and Helen Lamb. One year ago we were ready to leave to visit them. Call from Scott Crum- will bring his plans for TV room remodeling next Monday at 7 pm. Watered some. David called about 9- they are home! Over 7,000 miles is 30 hours from Grand canyon

Tuesday July 13th
Fertilized with sprayer and water packaged trillium grandiflora bulbs and wrote a letter to Lambs to accompany them. Took picture of elephant ears and send it also. Downloaded photo from digital and printed them out. Calls from to Marion Star reporters wanting info on early Marion county history. 1750 – 1920 and “First Families”- meant first settlers.

Monday July 12th
To Gateway Smorgasbord at 11:30. Sam Babich helped me carry in seven kinds prairie forbs I had picked from my prairie. Group not knowledgeable about prairies. David called from Desert View overlooking Grand Canyon.

Sunday
Printed out new Hem Gen info to take to Henry Hemmerly reunions and made up a quiz with page number of answers in Hem Gen- then headed for Naus Pond and finally found it on same road as June and Dick Messenger’s farm. Lovely setting but I was too late for lunch. Home with June and Dick for red chocolate cake and ice cream. Eva and Boyd Dunn (June’s sister) came home while I was there. Then to Paul and Maxine Hemmerly. Their daughter Sue and husband David Mayer from Fostoria stopped too. They know Paynes but didn’t know related!

Saturday July 10th
David called from Dave Decker’s home in San Diego. They all dined at the Coronado last night.
To HH and Resource Center. Family of Paynes visiting Museum heard someone say “Trella”- knew my name from HemGen in Upper Sandusky library so thrilled to meet the author- I soon traced them back to Catherine Hemmerly McDaniel’s daughter Trusilla. Only info I had was from the Thomas McDaniels will! Will send her info on Payne family. Took chicken dinners to Mary’s

Friday July 9th
In at 10:30 to Dr. Nowacki but no one there. Called later and they said I had been changed to next Friday! To HH and unpacked rebound books from Crawford Bindery. Deposited DBY checks. Mary had a Sunday School class dinner in Cardington.

Thursday July 8th
Lazy! Wrote up minutes of Ex Com. Downloaded Al Pott’s Hemmerly in Oelbronn records. Bank statement in mail. Balance $17,966- $950 in loan repayment from D3, DH and KS among deposits. Less checks I wrote Tuesday. Scott Crum called as promised but no estimate as he doesn’t have lumber

Wednesday July 7th
Sarah Haldeman Sapp’s 24th birthday today and Doris Schuster Gibson is 83. Up at 7 a.m. and Mary picked me up at 8 a.m. left at 8:15 for Campbell’s Candy in Sandyville. Picked up nine boxes chocolate candy $360. Then to Don and Agnes near Tippecanoe by 11:45. Watched dozens of hummingbirds from their porch. Admired Agnes 60 hand-sewn dressed Barbie dolls. Gorgeous. Showed them how to mine the Hem Gen- I left Invention and Technology magazines for him. Left before 5 and just got to Walnut Creek cheese just before 6 home by 8- Took Don Invention and Tech magazines & Logsdon book.

Tuesday July 6th
Watered everything. Knocked trillium corms out of pots that I dug to send to Keith Lamb. Paid bills. 1/2 inch rain while at Heritage Hall to Marion at 3 p.m. took Hemmerly Corporate Book that I had sorted out. Dumped trash. Picked up key to duplicate (Kathi misplaced mine), deposited Hemmerly bonus check $5,432 and DBY sales $182. To Exec committee not much business. Jane got grants from County and City to do exterior painting.[illegible] $13,000 bid. Virginia Howard Ill so I took notes. Richard Carey ate with Mary and me at Bob Evans. No word from David and they left Linda’s today.

Monday July 5th
Do nothing day. Slept until 9:30 watched Antiques Roadshow at 8 p.m. after printing out some of the wedding pics from computer. Reading “The Country Farmer” by Gene Logsdon of Wyandot County.