Category: Trella Diaries

Saturday, June 20, 2009
Swept up the weeds I pulled from the patio. To Heritage Hall at 1:00. Lisa Carlisle and Jim Carpenter waiting at auditorium door for my key to unlock. Jim brought a carton of homemade beef stew for me but didn’t stay.
No visitors except Mike Mackey to chat. Found a folder with history of Hotel Harding so I combined some of its info with sketch wrote a couple of weeks ago. It was compiled by Nancy Sitterby and a committee- 1992.
Mike suggested I take my non-working phone to Servex instead of Office Depot who would just want to sell me a new one. So I did but found they were closed on Saturday p.m. Picked up flag and holder from George Sifritt’s grave. Purchased a quart of strawberries piled high from Crum’s wagon $4.
Email from Kathi about visit of Boris, Susen and isabel Thursday to Saturday. They cooked Gourmet- lots of leftovers.
British comedy programs: Alastair and Judy’s wedding; Sandy and Harry off to Canada ‘As Time Goes By’

Friday, June 19, 2009
6/10 of an inch of rain thunderstorm sunny 88°
Pulled crabgrass and weeds from about 1/5 of patio

Thursday, June 18, 2009
partly cloudy and sunny.
Dow Jones up 54 points
Royce picked up Jim Carpenter and both worked at Terradise until 1:00 p.m. Royce inside and Jim outside using his weed eater on the bank to river and around the Rose of Sharon bush. Then hauled mulch to the bed long lower driveway. Transplanted one of the rebloomng Iris clumps from above stone wall to new perennial bed there. Lots of weeding in beds along patio. I helped where I could, shoveling mulch into wheelbarrow & weeding from a chair. I cleaned most everything out of greenhouse.
Mailed $25 check to Marion County Treasurer. Missed paying real estate tax on one of the three lots across the road.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009
sunny .01” rain
Slept until 10:30.
Call from Marion County Treasures office. My payment for real estate taxes was short $25- overlooked one of the lots across road. Wrote check to cover.
Wrote up minutes of last night’s meeting. Called Jan for clarification on some items. Suggested to her and to Gale that the marriage occur in June and that would solve problem of signing two contracts after giving her a raise instead of paying $3,800 health insurance, result of last night’s wakefulness. Gale agreed.
Raccoon on deck about 7:30. Watched water critter by pond- otter? Beaver!
Deer have eaten buds of Michigan and Oriental lilies and cleome. First year that I’ve had deer damage.
At 9:00 p.m. I took digital camera out and photographed the pot of dragon’s blood begonia where a volunteer tomato plant is competing. Also other landscape pictures. Background showed up black for interesting composition.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Hauled more mulch to around butterfly bushes. Mowed upper lawn and some around pond & across road. Weeded and watered.
Acting secretary for MCHS board meeting since Nancy Gracely is on vacation. Only 10 members present out of 20. Gale announced she is getting married. Discussion of renewal of her contract but no action. Routine announcements. Ham and bean dinner will be at Kingston residence in October. Couldn’t sleep so up from 4:00 to 6:00 researching Gale’s health insurance payments.

Monday, June 15, 2009
Dow Jones 8216 down 112
Gale insisted on coming to supper even though she had a Celebrate Summer meeting in Marion at 6:00.
The reason: Dan has asked her to marry him. and she said yes- sometime in July.
I worked all a.m. Shoveled a wheelbarrow load of mulch and put it around the four butterfly bushes at top of hill to pond. Raked up the windrows left from mowing. Weeded petunias bed by pergola.
Gale plugged in the golf cart and lowered the deck on the mower. Got my house phone connected again. Gave her info on Marion Community Foundation Grant application and workshop. Asked for input on article on the arts and culture exhibit. Gave her herb basil plants and seedling Red Bud and tulip tree.
Supper fried catfish fillets dipped in egg and bread crumbs. mashed potatoes, Bean salad, cantaloupe and tea.

Sunday, June 14, 2009
Sorted greeting cards that are crowding desk cubby holes. Intended to use Roundup on gravel walk to gazebo. Couldn’t get the sprayer open. Ended up cleaning out the northwest corner of garage. winding up extension cords wore me out.
Watered greenhouse and patio plants.

Saturday, June 13, 2009
75° partly sunny
Picked up my red Prius at McDaniels for the Ziebart treatment, in addition to undercoating, included detailing the inside and car wash. Looks like brand new!
At Heritage Hall I took in the art and culture exhibit. Ed Hutchman was at the sections devoted to Artistry of Irma, Ed and Carrie Hutchman. His talking to a fellow woodcarver gave me Insight on Erma’s artistry and his wood carving.
I wrote a review of the exhibit and emailed it to myself at home. need Gale’s input on statistics.
In my mailbox in office of Heritage Hall was a letter from Art Beerry- Marion’s most famous artist. “If I were to paint a portrait of a lady, I would choose you for the model ” I was so surprised! I only talked to him a short time on opening night and asked if I could take his photo. I printed a copy with a note- will mail it to him.
Jim Carpenter at Heritage Hall. He will drive me to Columbus in my car for the Ohio Historical Society annual meeting and Tiffin Award. He has other stops he wants to make. His sister won’t loan him $2,000 to buy a new pickup. I called Farson’s to see if Royce will pick him up Thursday to work here while she is here.
Shopped at Meijer and stopped by Terradise Nature Preserve. Picked up invasives scattered all over parking lot.

Friday, June 12, 2009
Dow Jones 8799-75° sunny
Exchange of emails commenting on the new deck for Dave and Sarah Sapps. Josh: ‘change the color’. Jed’s kidding. David’s ‘color okay’. My ‘need railings.’
Mowed upper lawn- weeded bed along lower drive.
Carpenter leftovers for supper on deck.

Thursday, June 11, 2009
Softly raining 72°, 1/2-in shower pm.
Robin woke me at 7:30- couldn’t find her car keys. I showed her where she left them on the piano bench. She was helpful in getting breakfast ready. Left about 9:00. Self-centered, opinionated, enthusiastic, scatterbrained, loving, 63 years old, particular. likable. Pictures of her home with Doug, retired Navy officer in Washington State. Shows affluence. She drove 5 hours yesterday to spend time in Marion and here overnight and then driving 5 hours today back to Dunkirk, New York where Hanover friends met for a reunion. Will fly back to Washington State Saturday.
Calls from Rich Bradley trying to set up time to come here.
To Marion for shampoo and blow dry $15 then to McDaniel Toyota. Left my red 2009 Prius for undercoating and have a blue one as loaner. Home about 3:00. Had lunch.
Rich appeared at door about 4:30. So glad to see him. Birding conversation- discussion on changing seasons-. this year late.
Purpose of visit was to give me a framed photo of him and me in Terradise Nature Preserve last year. signed ‘Thank you Trella for all you have taught me’!
To Heritage Hall for program meeting. Phil Reid on Marion City Fire Department history. About 20 attended. Home by 8:45.