Category: Trella Diaries

Friday, August 16, 1991
Ate Breakfast on the deck I told Howard that MCHS needs #10,000 to install a new duel electrical system at Heritage Hall. Suggested he might donite it from his Living Trust Fund which has $243,000 in it. He readily agreed so I called Wayne Crum at BancOhio – He called back saying Trust Office neede a note from Howard requesting it. Also prepared revision of request to set up a Charitable Remainder Unitrust using !00,00 of his Trust Fund & sent to Kathy Fair, trust advisor.
Mary, Dvid & Vivian picked me up at 5:00 to Whetstone Golf Club for dinner. Had barbeque ribs. Back here for chit-chat.

Thursday, August 15, 1991
Mary & Brattens picked me up at 9 to go to Holmes Co. At Walnut Creek got tiny tender popcorn, noodles & had huge ice cream cones for 50 cents. To Lehmans Hardware at Mt. Hope & got Hummingbird feeder, bluebird box, Terradise sign. Lunch at Belin – at small restaurant & then to bakery for pie – rhubarb & elderberry – & coffee cake. Back thru Bellville & stopped at Wade & Gatton. Got a hardy hibiscus – bright pink – $190 – & another host sieboldi elegans $8.
Mary, David & Vivian come in for piece of rhubarb pie.

Wednesday, August 14, 1991
Cleaned house somewhat & cooked dinner for Mary, David & Vivian Bratten. Vivian walked down on patio & looked around. David & I took tour around pond & down in the woods.
Had green bearns & ham with new potatoes – but Vivian doesn’t eat green beans! She used 4 lbs of blueberries to make a cobbler!

$45 season tickets Ameriflora
$19 – single day

Tuesday, August 13, 1991
MCHS Exec Comm 2 ½ hrs
Mary & I picked up David & Vivian Bratten at Cols Airport about 5:00. Picked 5 lbs of blueberries at Turner’s on way down. Ate at Al’s on way back so I was ½ hr late for 7:00 Exec Bd meeting.

Monday, August 12, 1991
61/85 Sunney E breeze
OAHSM 3 hrs
Did laundry before picking Mary up to go to Grand Prairie Cemetery for Geneva Brewer’s funeral. Mary helping with lunch, but I wasn’t invited. Went to Sears to check on replacement seats for chairs on deck (one burned). Got corn at Crum’s stand & green beans, tomatoes, melon & new potatoes at Barks Rd. stand. Home for lunch – watering. Worked on Beech deck to finish judging local history publications entered in OAHSM awards. – 9 entries & I chose 5 to get awards. Thank goodness another judge votes too. Thought David might be up so didn’t go to Trinity for ‘Service of Praise’ for Geneva. Mary reported church was packed.

Sunday, August 11, 1991
Picked Mary up at 1:30 & drove to Upper Sandusky to see Fanny Baker. She had a stroke about 10 days ago. She had eyes closed & opened them briefly – couldn’t understand her few words. Took film to Meijet. Had planned to stop at HH but too tired. Called kathi. Bob ibn OK City for school. Dee back home hut her friend (Japanese_) is there too. What is Dave in for?

Saturday, August 10, 1991
Yesterday’s Star carried Geneva Brewer’s death notice Thursday PM
So sorry for Mary’s sake. They spent so much time together.
Unpacked. Had rained ½ in. Thursday Eve so things looked good, but watering front grass.
To Claridon Prairie about 12:45 to meet group from Wilmot Nature Center – Stark Co. with Clinton Hobbs & Perry Peskin, about 15 – all good botanists. Kensel led the tour & I hopscotched in my car. They walked the whole mile from 1:00 to 4:00. I drove into marion for corn & gas & also had oil change etc at new Penzoil Oil Exchange for$19.37
David called to welcome home – Will be up first of week with TerraPro for Bods & others to Beta test.
Ruth Mosher out to run a letter on my laser printer.

Friday, August 9, 1991
8:15 – 7292 65 degrees Leaving Relax Inn Ingersoll. Rolls and coffee in lobby $53 room $63 with 15% tax. Overcast – 250 miles from home about. Miles of Colorado Blue Spruce at fence line planted too close. Ohio-like farmland. Lots of cornfields.
8:30 London 300,000.
8:45 7322 – Off I401 to St. Thomas pop. 29,000 to see Juimbo Petunia Hanging Baskets.
9:05 – 7332 – Jumbo killed in train wreck here – Lvg 9:15 on Rt 3 west.
10:05 – Views of Lake Erie – Farms extend to Lake – corn, soybeans.
10:07 7375 off on Kent Co. 17 to Pt. Auxpins Park [?]
10:09 – Lake Erie N. Shore – homes along beach
10:15 Park $5.75 for day – $4.75 American. Hike to South Point.
11:20 to beach Temp 71
11:45 back to car 7388
12:00 Heading inland to I401 on Rt 51 & 16
12:15 I401 – 7404 78 degrees
12:40 Tilbury 74e30 Gas & coffee 11.35 litres $6.12
1:14 7446 Sign on I401 Jack Miners Bird Sanctuary at Belle River Road.
1:26 – Windsor pop. 191,000
Took route 3 (3B goes downtown)
1:35 7467 A Relax Inn
1:42 7468 Ambassador Bridge Toll $1.50 US – $1.75 Canadian
1:48 Customs gate
1:50 To South I 75
2:00 On I 75
2:10 Goin N on S bound part of I 75
2:16 Sibley Rd. back on W. Lanes. 7501
2:40 Exit 18 – Pilot Gas $1.125 – 16.5 gal $18.75
3:00 7520 – Ohio Line 70 degrees
3:09 Maumee River
General Schwarzkoff retiring
3:35 Slowdown should be on road to W at Exit 171
Construction end at N. Baltimore
4:10 wendy’s in Findlay
4:35 leaving
224 to 37 to 15 to 23
5:50 7636 Terradise

Thursday, August 8, 1991
7-009 – 229 trip
Mary called me at 8:30
Bath – Canoe ride – 2 canoes up Seguin River
Pix of cardinal flower
Lunch

12:56 Log thru raspberry Lane & the piney monarchs
1:08 Orrville
1:37 Rosseau gas. 58 litres $10 can 17 ½ 5 gal – To Shadow River & to Lake to our 1956.
1:40 Lvg Rosseau onm Rt 141
Rt 11 to Toronto 207 KM (120 mi)
2;30 Toffee 81 cents/can cloudy 80
3:40 – Along I400 Service 7161 36 L $17 American with coupon.
4:00 Green Valley Truck fearms – flat, black soil.
4:178 Toronto – 1,133,000 pop. – traffic
4:25 I401
4:35 traffic clear at Rt 10 – new interchange
5:30 – Raining near Drumby [?] raining
6:00 7287 Ingersoll – Relax Inn – 3 stories
In to Ingersoll for dinner. At least 6 restaurants downtown in town of 8,500. Ate at Miss Ingersolls – $11 for 2. Bought Sucaryl $7 for Mary – cheese $11 for me.

Wednesday, August 7, 1991
69-88
Up at 8:45 – Mary, Vince & I had bfst on deck. Bill stopped over to ask Vince to take his boat out.
10:05 Left cottage for Rosseau. Working on bridge – driving piles.
10:20 Orrville. Took Star Lake Rd
10:27 Star Lake
10:31 Turtle Lake – spotted the islet thu trees – many roads now to lake
10:50 Pix Dan’s house
10:55 Rt 141 Rosseau – Our 1956? Cabin – General Store – Bot $5.50 – Marians.
11:20 Lovely home – but all steps 2 in. too high. Light lunch & then to Alan’s – Met his second wife, Mary. was Rosseau’s librarian & Alan lived with her before Betty died- sad. But all the kids accept Mary. Took Alan with us to Parry Sound for 3 hr ride on the 20,000 Island tour in Georgian Bay. Lovely – views thru islands only 50 ft apart. Back to Marian’s for dinner & to meet Peter – They plan to be married in Dec. Kitty & Vince lived together for 11 years before they married! Peter builds houses in winter & they spend winter at Key Largo on a boat. Alan with me to their old home that Tim is renovating. Tim dug folden glow for me. Grew up knowing it, but no one grows it anymore. Glad to find it. Back to Isabella Lake about 10:00.