Category: Trella Diaries

Sunday, May 31, 2009
Lazy day. Pruned the Wisteria on the deck railing- watered greenhouse- worked Sunday crossword puzzle.
Reading again ‘Personality of a Cat’- Chessie could write a chapter.
Chose some of Ray’s poems from 1952 notebook and transcribed to 20-point type.

Saturday, May 30, 2009
To Meijer about 11:15 to pick up Actonal prescription. To Marion Cemetery to confirm that 2008 had been engraved on George Siffrit’s grave. Pictures for Bates family in New Hampshire. Drove by Hemmerly monument- planting okay. To Arby’s for a sandwich that I ate at Heritage Hall parking lot and to Resource Center at 1:00. Sorted MCHS newsletters from two notebooks. Lots of duplicates- put in manila folder. Jim Carpenter scanned article full page on closing Erie Lackawanna railroad west of Caledonia [sic – east of Green Camp] area I purchased for Green Camp General prairie.
Shopped at Lowe’s for plain brass faucet (brass covered by rubber protector) $7. Shopped at Aldi’s $42. Home by 5:00. Made and baked corn bake Memorial Methodist Church recipe book page 57, ate my supper and left some for Gale who arrived about 7:30 and appreciated food. She gave me seedling grasses for OSUM greenhouse she rescued from the trash. Then she dug two kinds of ostrich ferns, giant Jack in The Pulpit and wild geranium. Asked me to send material on Ray Romine’s poems for the Arts Exhibit opening Thursday.

 

Friday, May 29, 2009
50° am 72 p.m. sunny
David, Jed and Dave Decker okayed Terradise Nature Preserve Endowment management by Marion Community Foundation.
Gardened from 10:00 to 1:00. Thinned lettuce plants and replanted along pool. Potted Flawless miniature rose two plants in pot I selected as Garden Club gift. More plants pulled out by roots. Deer?
Mowed upper lawn and across road into old prairie area. Blackberry bushes have taken a big area.

Thursday, May 28, 2009
No corn up Tuesday when I drove to Marion but after half inch rain yesterday several fields sprouted- Ralph Boger’s the tallest. To Le Salon for perm and gardening discussion with Marcia. $52.
Drove to Rickett’s Nursery on Morral Kirkpatrick road. Talked to Andy and Caroline Clutter Rickett. Ordered 3 cubic yards of black mulch delivered $110. Then to Clutters but Opal said my basket from Amsterdam was not in her car trunk. Drove home via Linn Hipsher Road
Sent news article on tree markers to Karen Kelly. Ccall from Kathi- okay to management of Terradise Nature Preserve Endowment Fund by Marion Community Foundation (about 21,000)

Wednesday, May 27, 2009
half inch rain!
Jim and Ann Herring came to Terradise and filled their van with pots of variegated hosta, ostrich fern and wild geraniums they dug. Also pots of Lily of The Valley. Missed visit to Terradise Nature Preserve because of half hour thunderstorm.
At Jim Carpenter’s request Gale emailed me the news release on placing the tree markers at Terradise Nature Preserve. Also email from Gale about my reaction to her Mother’s Day card- fantastic tribute and offer of Prairie plants.
Perused Better Homes and Gardens Illustrated Guide to Gardening (1978)- marked species growing at Terradise
Dan Eblen called tonight to remind me of appointment for permanent at 9:30 tomorrow

Tuesday, May 26, 2009
88°
Jim pruned the Forsythia by fence along road- cut off most of the ‘Howard’ campanula in bed by mailbox. Cleared the weeds under dogwood tree and pruned suckers. Planted Homestead tomato plants along lower drive. Cleared weeds from around the three bedelia at end of lower drive. 9:30 to 1:45 $45.
He installed the new modem from Embark. I took pics of hosta and ferns on lower terrace and took them to Garden Club meeting- and Dr. Hering will be out to dig some. Bought an apple pie at Meijer to take to Garden Club potluck. There were seven pies! only one slice taken from mine. Dr. Hering had PowerPoint presentation on Messenger Plant Booster and Fungicide- organic. But can only be purchased online for $150! Gift of pink sweetheart rose from club.
Deposited $50 check from Central Ohio Native Plant Society to my checking account. It was made to Terradise Nature Preserve and will cover the $50 I paid for the tree markers. The $10,000 from HH bond has been deposited so my checking account is over $20,000. But real estate tax is our due and landscaping. Reassure America annual report- death value $156,000 even after redoing $20,000 in the past year.
Finished reading ‘Remember with Me’ by Ruth Lyons- mother’s beloved book with her comment

Monday, May 25, 2009
Triggered by the visit of Don and Le Nye Brown and their connection to the Kehrweckers, I pulled the Kehrwecker file from the genealogy file cabinet in my office to find the connection to Odra. She married Art but not sure of connection to Le Nyei. Entered info provided in 1992 from David Watson, Lexington, Ohio. David Haldeman’s 5th cousin. His ancestor John Michael Kehrwecker was brother of David’s ancestor Christian Kehrwecker.
Two planters on Deck by gazebo were turned over and plants pulled out!
Took an hour to sweep the walk by the dogwood- accumulation of sunflower debris- filled hummingbird feeder. Updated garden book for blooming- iris, Dames Rocket, cerastrum, globe allium, beauty bush.

Sunday, May 24, 2009
Watered everything. Purple 9 bark was wilted. Planted all the rest of pansies, petunias, etc to fill in pots. Moved upper, lower and wood grass for one and a half hours.
To Mount Gilead to visit Dave and Marilyn’s garden. Such lush growth on everything. Two red Rhododendron and potted- $16 at Amish auction. Iris outside fence along the alleyway. Interplanted with red peonies, red and white and blue petunias and huge hanging baskets. He made special hangers to support them from the Gazebo posts. Snapdragon seedlings by hundreds- gave me a pot full.
Calls from Kathi and Robin Cook.

Saturday, May 23, 2009
Watered combination pots. To Heritage Hall at 1:00. wanted to download pictures from my camera that I took of Harry Condry while he was placing about 20 of the 25 tree identification markers. But I forgot to take connection card and couldn’t transfer from memory card even with Jim Carpenter’s help.
Jim and Le Neye Brown of Beaver, Pennsylvania visited resource center. She said she had heard of me her whole life since Bill, Art, Ruth, Emma Kehrwecker were her aunts and uncles. mother Odra Kehrwecker Bradshaw. She was so pleased to finally meet me. Don former Erie Lackawanna engineer had Marion Star clippings of removing railroad cars from Crystal Lake- had been used in quarry. Lisa Carlisle Marion Area Genealogical Society volunteer encouraged them to buy Day Before Yesterday $25- Don paid plus $5 for donation box. Had to shoo them out at 4:00 so Jim and I could go to Marion Cemetery to dump the heavy flower box. Mixed with clay and plant white petunias and pink geraniums. Also planted a smaller box of plants on George Sifritt’s grave. Got a car wash $10 across from the cemetery gate. Stopped at Jim’s sister’s house to see her garden. Not ready for visitors!

Friday, May 22, 2009
81°
To Marion Cemetery at 10:45 for internment of Dorcas Shaffer. Well attended. Rev Kiger spoke warmly of her life and of Jack’s care of her. Becky Yanitell and Stu Shank helped me to my car.
Took the post and flag to place it at the George Sifritt’s monument. Nice couple (walking) helped place it.
To Trella Romine Green Camp Prairie. Gate was open but no sign of Kensel. Dames Rocket too far for me to walk. Took photo of recently re-erected ‘Old Block House’ marker. Green Camp Township trustees helped Dick Cary erect using the auger to dig the hole.
To Meijer- eight pink geraniums for leg cramp [sic] and 82 low dose aspirin.
To Le Salon at 1:45 for my 2:30 appointment and Dan told me it was for 10:45 so now next Thursday at 9:30 for perm.
Called David since he said he might be up today but he said I just got here to pack up the equipment so it would be too late to come up.
Trash men picked up the eight sealer buckets.