Category: Trella Diaries

Wednesday no entry

Tuesday May 4th
Don Keil brought another load of compost paid him $75 too exhausted to go to exec committee meeting

Monday no entry

Sunday May 3rd [sic]
David down by pond watching turtles when I woke up about 9. We had breakfast on the deck. David pulled euonymus off small hickorys and crab down by the river. We drove over off route 100 and dug some silver bells in bloom. The Reinhart girl stopped and talked. She has bought one of the flats 7A laid out along there. Also dug wildflowers in Stafford woods. Planted all this by gazebo. David fixed my Iomega zip drive and cleaned up my desktop on the computer. Then the Mustang wouldn’t start so he could go home. nor when I pushed him. So I went to Meijer and bought jumper cables and weed feed and back to Ralph Boger’s where he parked it. So at 3:45 after an hour he was on his way to Cincinnati.
When I got back to Terradise Marcella Haldeman, Martha custom bader & Mabel were on deck. And Darren McGinnis and Jenny Haberman were coming out of the woods. They were supposed to be here at 1 they want their wedding facing pond. Their photographer was also with them Darren spotted two bats flying. After they left I shared Lu Carhart’s letter with Marcella and friends. They left about 4:30 and I collapsed.

Saturday May 2nd [sic]
The Dunlavy family from Perrysville researching Carey ancestors. Introduced son to Family Tree Maker and they copied 36 pages from county histories. Richard Carey happened in the [sic] helped them. Home by 4:30 and David (in Sarah’s 64 Mustang) and Sarah & Dave in Saturn arrived about 5:00. They walked in woods and I drove tractor with cart that they filled with plants. Also dug perennials for Dave Sapp. Pizza for supper and Sapps returned to Urbana.
Showed David my new will that does not give the rest of Terradise to Marion county Park district. He had reconciled to losing it.

Friday April 30th
Don Keil arrived by 1:30 with 1 1/2 cubic yards of compost from site west of Marion. I helped shovel it on to the perennial beds and by the greenhouse and terrace. $17 for compost and $38 for labor. But one cubic yard delivered is $78.
Bath and rested until 2 Marys picked me up for dinner at Al’s restaurant in Cardington.

Thursday April 29th
Email from Dave- Tiger Cruise last one from boat on Carl Vinson- “I’m out of here!”
Jim Owen here to remove storm windows and wash windows $74. Potted up Alyssum seedlings and Impatiens. Mowed prairie area across road and used up lawn fertilizer below greenhouse. Forgot that Marcella Haldeman had invited me for dinner at 5 until 6:30. So called her- missed dinner but we went to meeting of Crawford county Historical Society. Speaker gave pre civil war chronology of Bucyrus (a copperhead Democrat town). Norm Haldeman there- a trustee. Had a great talk with him. Then to Marcella’s and she heated up my supper for me. Home about 10:45.

Wednesday April 28th
Worked on perennial bed. Taking 2 Anacin every 6 hours and it controls me and toothache. Don Keil here at 12. Sifted and mixed potting soil. Trimmed Euonymus from front of house and by side porch. Downloaded pics from digital camera and printed out copies.

Tuesday April 27th
Errand day. Banked $280 from plant sale and took my check for $300 to Jane. Picked up Kane for garage door opener- took saw horses back to Hutchman’s. Had dinner at Bob Evans with Mary. Shopped at Krogers. Had locked myself out of upstairs area- called Mary from rec room phone and she brought her key out to let me in.
David sent what he could remember of “Brother Can You Spare a Dime” but Jane had full words and music for Friday program. Answered letters from Jenny Hayden and from George Sifritt
Took plant of Skunk Meadow Rue to Marion campus prairie

Monday April 26th
David and Karen’s 30th anniversary. Called David he will be up Saturday p.m. asked him for words and music to “Brother Can You Spare a Dime”
Gold cap tooth aching-.Cloren[? dentist?] on two week vacation. Wrote thank yous to Marion Flower Shop, Dutchman’s, Jane Rupp, Clutters and Harter’s