Category: Trella Diaries

Friday, July 5, 1991
Thank God – water pouring out of the faucets – Put more mulch on middle terrace begonias. Hauled weeds to compost pile. Came in hot! Nice bath. In at 12:00 for Committee Meeting on revising Collections management. John Hickson’s draft had merit – added other collections to the Harding one mentioned – Library. Hall of Fame, edward Huber. John wants Accessions Committee to de-accession without board ok. (He likes to throw duplicates & poor quality items in waste basket with impunity.) I called LHO (Brad) for advice and suggested a little party for Richard after Board Meeting. Will get back to me Monday.
Took Richard’s plaque material to trophies and More – closed! Cashed $100 check at Marion bank – $4,700 balance. Picked up airline tickets at Uniglobe & used their air conditioning for ½ hr while I studied Ventura. Waiting for Marys to pick me up to go to Al’s for dinner. To Dr. Ginns on way home to see his daylitlies. Said 1,060 varieties blooming – a sea of shades of orange & yellow. Impressive Home & to bed at 8:30 – Exhausted.

Thursday, July 4, 1991
87 – breeze
Picked up Helen Kaufman up at 10:30 & met Mary at HH Parking lot & headed to Vertan’s Park opposite Harding Memorial for dedication of Revolutionary War Memorial – stones for 13 states & center stone. Geo Rogers Clark – 13th Ill enactment group represented all the Rev. fighters including 3 of our ancestors – Benoni Hurlbut – Green Mt. Boy – Wm Hildreth – to defense of Concord for 4 days & Thomas ? Weaver – Pennsylvania militia. Then up to Wyandot Co. off old Scioto trail to John Green Cemetery for Judge Charlton Myers’ annual reading of the Declaration of Indenpendence. Saat with Cottrells & Fogts. Norm telling of their hiking on Appalachians & Rocky Mt – Long’s Peak.
Helen sick headache so left early – stopped at Big Banana & for gas. Home about 2 & napped until 5:00. Fried pork chops & had canned asparagus & blueberries. Should mow the weeds in the lawn but it feels so good to just sit & watch replay of Red, White & Boom fireworks from Cols.

Wednesday, July 3, 1991
Enlarged a bed along the rail fence by the road where I planted the Simplicity Roses this spring. Also set out variegated yucca by steps. Planted the 3 red phlopx & put tomato cages around them, put lawn weed barrier & mulched them. Bu 10:30 it was pretty hot – Bath & in to computer. Letter from Bob Harter asking for Michigan Lily bulbs so went down into woods & dug about 25 small ones & 1 blooming size.

[insert photo of Michigan Lily in June 2023]
Kensel Clutter called to tell me he stopped the Brush Hogs yesterday from mowing the Claridon Prairie clear to the tracks. They got all of the tall coreopsis at the east end. They said their instructions were to mow everything & they did along here just barely missing my clump of little blue stem across the road.
Worked on learning Ventura Publisher all afternoon. When I went out to get supper – No Water! I know I had turned it off since I took at bath. Found the lower hose disconnected & tied around a tree. The spigot open & water had run on driveway.
Window at Fairground will cost $565 – mine $195.

Tuesday, July 2, 1991
.2 in rain – Better than nothing but need 2 inches
MCHS 2 hr
Finished setting ou the 2 flats of begonias (bargain $6) & was mulching them when Mary came with a letter from Kathi and more wildflower pictures. She suggested we go to Turner’s* – S of Waldo on Rt 23 to pick blueberries & then on down to Oakland Nursery for the 2 cu ft mult (cypress for $1.50 – Couldn’t believe the quantity of blueberries – clusters bigger than my hand with ripe and reopening ones. $1 lb – u-pick rather than $1.40 per point, picked. Got about 3 lbs in less than 20 min. At Oakland got mulch & I also bought 2 grass clumps & a variegated yucca 3 for $31 & 4 bags mulch. Home via Rt 42 & had blueberry short cake for lunch. Got computer to print out labels on the Avery Laser labels I got yesterday.
Ronnie from Voisards came to see about installing river pump but said boss would have to design it.
Then Phil Postell came & said need a new screen for patio door & screws tightened to line it up. Will give estimate on it & new window on 229 Fairground.

*[https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/richard-turner-obituary?id=11404512

Monday, July 1, 1991
95°
MCHS 2 ½
OAHSM 5 hrs 125 miles
Glad I loaded car last night for fair. In about 10:00 – Norma Tremnier, chairman only one to be there today. Got my cooked beans into slow cooker even tho not much doing in the S. end – Kids overrunning the N end with sheep, goats, pigs, – !.
Finished bagging 50 bags of Eber Baker Beans, inserting new recipe & label. Raised price top $150 for 8 oz.
Left for Columbus at 11:45 for Exed COmmittee meeting at Ohio Hist Soc. Final discussion on raising dues & getting benefits from OHS – Echoes & admissions. Bud & I discussed what OAHSM should be offering Historical agencies in way of advice on computer & J. D. joined in. Jim Strider attended for info on new dues structure & repeated 1981 ‘Budget cuts will challenge us!’ – Took draft copy of ‘award’ for Richard Francoviglia & J.D. – Bud & Pat worked it over – Bud will desktop publish it & get it to me to have plaque made.
Stopped at Natl Office Supply for Laser Printer labels, floppy disks & paper for Newsletter. Stopped at Oakland Nursery E of Delaware – got phlox – Stella d’oro daylily & supplies.

Sunday, June 30, 1991
Worked all day cooking beans, bagging beans, making bean labels & recipes on computer. – 93 degrees so didn’t go out excep to bring paper in. Margaret Cottrell called for MCHS labels& couldn’t generate them. Even tried switching printers. Made draft of award of appreciation for Richard Francoviglia [illegible]

Saturday, June 29, 1991
Set out another row of begonias on middle terrace. Moved the stepping stones over to make wider bed at edge.
Called Kathi & Bob to ask them if OK if Sarah & I come to visit for Kathi’s birthday – It’s OK, thank goodness. Kathi thrilled.

Friday, June 28, 1991
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Thursday, June 27, 1991
Bricks 4
Finished panel B & C – Lower Corridor. Took them in to HH for bricklayer.
Got bananas, bread & beans to mix beans at Big Banana, Nickels, Meijers & Big Bear. Stopped at Uniglobe Travel & I can fly to reno for $320 & take Sarah with me for $175 – under 18 flying with an adult. Called Sarah & she was really excited, but will have to get OK to get off work & she just started on Monday.

Wednesday, June 26, 1991
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