Category: Trella Diaries

Thursday, July 9, 2009
Sunny 85
Wrote a narrative of the guest bedroom that led to exploring closet contents- three check boxes of coins – Some commemoratives and a box containing a copy of translations of Hemmerly family papers, box of letters to mother while at Community Healthcare.
Made a bean salad & Spanish rice with pre-made meatballs for Suzy’s supper.
Susannah here about 7:30.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009
80° sunny
Wheat being harvested
At 9:30 picked up Jim Carpenter. Stopped at Hemmerly’s to pick up Diane’s corrected copy of the shop’s 75 years. She wants no mention of Kass Matimore.
Jim weeded area by garage door. Transferred the grass clipping from the dethatching to the other compost bin. Pulled dead Crabgrass from gravel walk to pergola. Trimmed some of the trees by gazebo.
To Marion about 1:30. At Meijer’s I bought a hose reel that operates on hose water pressure to rewind. Cashed my check for $200 at Ohio State Bank and paid Jim $40 plus his $9 in groceries & a bypass cutter. To Sims to unload recyclables and then to Harding Memorial for him to photograph Harding Memorial repairs. To cemetery to water flowers in Mary and George Seifert’s graves. Car Wash $10.50 took Jim home and I was home by 3:00.
No word from Tracy on workers- no one worked today.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Sarah Sapp’s 34th birthday
Decided to inventory and photograph each room in my home. Set up an Excel file for inventory and took photos also cataloged some contents of drawers. Put the Ethan Allen furniture catalog and one of the drawers since the photos and nomenclature of Mary’s Furniture is in it. it isn’t collectible now but may be for future generations.
Email from tracy@johnson properties. Mike has broken leg and will see surgeons today. Another man’s sick. will update me Wednesday.
Mowed east lawn to gazebo and watered along patio and green
Suzy going to Urbana for Sarah’s celebration so won’t be here tonight.
Found an interesting file on Dave Decker in Mary’s file cabinet he had written about his life and career – Championed vocational education- his philosophy & depth of character evident.

Monday, July 6, 2009
82-57 sunny.
Did a load of laundry and remembered before permanent press and electric dryers that I would be have I would have hung them on a line to dry and then spend half a day ironing!
Disturbing email from Dave Matyac seems Marilyn doesn’t appreciate what she has no more buying at auctions he says!
Email from Robin Cook she fell off her porch and severed her Achilles tendon!
Ccooked chicken in Crock-Pot with mushrooms and made a corn casserole with box of cornmeal. then Gale called and invited me to dinner at her house east of Fulton. (Dan and his mother Mary Grau ). She came by and led me there in car 20 miles from Terradise. Dan purchased 10 acres and had built a large house about a year before he and Gale met on the internet. He has his divorce papers now (10 years ago) and wedding later this month.
Mary played piano for me and showed me her oil paintings. told me she thought I would be taller when Gale talked about me.
Home at 8:00. Suzy here eating her supper in front of computer.
Watched Antiques Roadshow and history to bed at 10:00.

Sunday, July 5, 2009
Watered some including Queen Elizabeth Rose, trimmed cressa Regal Hosta leaves to expose by hydrangea bush.
email from Chris family Cody star of baseball team in New York state and
email from David Haldeman and Sapps- Fourth some parts rained out also one from Kathi’s neighborhood party.

Saturday, July 4, 2009
cloudy 72°
$2.52 per gallon- filled up gas at Swifty and got 52.9 miles per gallon on 36 mile trip.
Picked up Jim Carpenter and drove to John Green Cemetery. He had a folding chair for me and snacks. Took no pics since we were in Wyandot County. Greeted by Bill Moses, Charlton Myers’ three daughters Sally, Barbara and ? After reading of Declaration of Independence by Barbara, Sally gave background on a celebration and cemetery- in their family through mother for four generations.
Bob and Bonnie Klips came to me after ceremony. Good chat. He’s involved at Emerald Ash Borer research in Michigan and also Sullivant’s milkweed. Gathering pollen today.
We drove through Killdeer but not a single Canada Goose and the eagle nests couldn’t be seen in trees east of headquarters.
To fairgrounds in log cabin from 1:45 to 5:00 -almost 100 visitors. Nancy Cluff Augenstein talked to me for an hour. I did her wedding in LaRue in the 1960s. Also Ziegler’s- THR fans! Like my writings.
Home by 6:00. A Capital Fourth on PBS.

Friday, July 3, 2009
cool 70°
Watered combination pots
Paid insurance premium for 229 East Fairground Street. Found a sympathy card to send to Delmar McAdow family. Patty is friend of Kathi’s in Las Vegas. Finally found birthday card I bought for Sarah several weeks ago but by then it was too late to mail at Caledonia.
Email from Dave Decker with his planned retirement from US Navy on September 30th 2010.
Plans to move to Albuquerque, New Mexico to attend University of New Mexico for degree in Earth science. Retirement pay and investment when he enlisted will be their support. Probably influenced by the people on the Expedition earlier this year.

Thursday, July 2, 2009
Dow Jones 8280
69° Cloud
9:15 Royce brought Jim Carpenter and both worked until 1:15. Jim weeded area under Dogwood and hauled mulch there. Planted a Rudbeckia from there in new perennial bed -also three more of Gale’s Royal Catchfly.
Mike, Danny and Nick working on steps to river. Filled with gravel. Behind new wall is a drain pipe laid on gravel- Mike twisted ankle on gravel won’t work tomorrow holiday for 4th of July.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009
.03 of an inch rain no workers today!
DJ 8500
Susie left at 6:30 and David about 7:30 I had leg cramp last night until about 3:30 a.m. so I slept until 9:30.
wrote a letter to Charlie Evers protesting his statement that there are Harding letters to Nan Britain anywhere that got me into the 3-in ring binder of correspondence with Robert Farrell. also has other Harding material 2000 plus letters still in envelopes so got them into the binder and used another binder for all other Harding correspondence.
Reading Bob’s letters is good for my ego.

Friday, July 31, 2009
1.1″ rain during night
Mowed upper lawn.
Took a golf cart tour across road – Ate some ripe blackberries. Don Keil brought beets & tomatoes.
David arrived about 4:30. Had a 2 hr sessions with Snyder, Farrison, Hottinger personnel – They have have 12 funeral homes! Interested in TerraPro?
Supper of sweet corn, chimichangas – David dug and potted seedling trees for Gale & Dan’s wedding gift from us. Red Bud, walnut, sweet gum, red oak. Did a lot of pruning 2 big limbs off the paulwania – mowed down in the woods. Transplanted cross vine from under star magnolia to the bell pole on the patio.
Made a list of blooming plants including pots – 45 species!