Category: Trella Diaries

Saturday, August 20, 1988
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Friday, August 19, 1988
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Thursday, August 18, 1988
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Wednesday, August 17, 1988
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Tuesday, August 16, 1988
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Monday, August 15, 1988
87° High
Didn’t go to State Fair to see Susannah in the style show. This is Karen’s 33rd year to exhibit there.
Worked on Huber letter to members for additions to Articles of Incorporation. Called Secretary of State’s office for info.
Watering Terrace beds again. Took cuttings of impatiens and put into perlite with Rootone.
To Edward Huber Memorial Association at 7:00. No one with key to Center there and Ruth Mosher has mine so I had meeting at Hemmerly’s. Willis Nye’s resignation from board accepted- Health reasons. John Watkins no handle on things. Didn’t even bring the agenda I prepared.

Sunday, August 14, 1988
Hemmerly Reunion High 93 low 72
Slept until 9:00. Howard helped sweep decks and we had breakfast on patio deck. 21 relatives here for reunion Kenny & Ann’s family also represented by eight. Mark, Jackie and Kenny Marie and Jennifer. Jessie brought Fannie and Floy age 96. Daughter Ruth Baker brought Gail Zimmerman age 93. Most ate in house. David and Sarah here and David sliced the ham. Ended up in my air conditioned room watching Mark and Jennifer use computer. Put Fannie’s banana salad recipe on computer. Tom and Beverly decided to leave about 6:00 and the rest of us went past the Claridon prairie. Ken help me pick up the signs. Home exhausted. Shower and sat and watched TV and read Star.

Saturday, August 13, 1988
Kathi called from Anchorage. Bought a house for $156,000. 4 bedrooms, family room, trash compactor. May not get into it until October. They were leaving for a trip to the Harriman Glacier.
Mary out for Belgian waffles and have with us on deck. Had lunch about 4:00 served in my bedroom where it is cool. Fried chicken, broccoli. Made bean salad and marinated carrots for tomorrow. To Mary’s after I grocery shopped to see Tommy’s prairie slideshows. He put them together with a script and sells them through biological supply house. Seemed impressed with quality of my show. Good to be in my air conditioned bedroom. Tommy and Bev at Mary’s.

Friday, August 12, 1988
Tommy and I up at 6:30- breakfast on deck and then to Claridon Prairie. Misty and poor light until about 9:00. Bloom not as prolific because of late burn in May and many species dwarfed because of drought but still impressive. Mary out to be with Bev and then all into Bob Evans for brunch. Drove to Mount Victory to go to antique shops after calling Doris Ault to see if we could see the Hemmerly chest brought from Germany. Her father is in hospital so couldn’t stop there.
Bought a lovely Walnut Jenny Lind bed $165 and found sales lady was daughter-in-law of Nell Thompson- Alice Hildreth McAdow’s granddaughter. Supper at Kenton.

Thursday, August 11, 1988
Royce here to clean $35. Ray Foerst took out hawthorne near wildflower garden by pond- had fallen over. Exhausted when Mary brought chicken out about 5:30.Tommy and Beverly Hemmerly from Murfreesboro arrived about 6:00- brought me a biology book and tray to hold 600 slides. Really enjoyed the Livit Boeke book I took to them. Good visiting with them.