Category: Trella Diaries

Sunday, May 26, 1991
76-84
Up at 8:30 – Raining till about 12 – Sorte3d clothing – winter – summer – give away – Skink had tail caught in deck boards – Mary brought crow bar out & wedged boards apart & got it out. Carried most of plants out that were still in greenhouse.

Saturday, May 25, 1991
Scattered cypress mulch on patio beds. Really gets one dirty.
Spent all rest of day organizing material to supplement AASLH nomination. Wrote letter to Mrs. Kessan – now only need to copy news releases & pertinent pages from books.
Cat brough a skink in & deposited it on newspaper upside down. I thought it was dead, but when I flipped it out on to the deck it moved. Tokk a video & turned it over to identify – all brown with redd head underneath – white belly. Then flipped it over again & its tail slipped between flooring boards on deck. Put a nan over it to protect it – overnight.
Returned Kathi’s call – Kristi home with a Tim. Set out Heavenly Blue Morning Glory plants & Geraniums rooted from last year.

Thursday, May 23, 1991
65-89 sunny
Set out 15 chrysanthemum plants from Spring Hill Nurseries – 30 plants $25. Then started sorting papers stored in boxes under cherry desk in my bed room. Purse: To gather material Richard Francoviglia requested for AASLH Award he nominated me for – Couldn’t find notebook Kathy prepared for me several years ago,.
May out & hooked up camcorder to TV so I can play & copy 8mm tapes. Fixed pot of plants to take to Walt’s grave for Kathi & we took to Bucyrus Cemetery. Then back roads to Upper Sandusky to visit Fanny bnaker at Fairhaven Nursing Home. told her Frances Hemmerly died – she asked about ‘Bob’ Shuster – Looks great & can walk with walker following her hip replacement.
Back to Marion to Big Banana – also got strawberries & box of ‘Symphony’ Hershey Bars. Bread at Nickles. Supper at Long John Sildvers – ate with Norm & Donna Ruth Fogt. Mary brought me home &* I gave her strawberries & chocolate bars.

Wednesday, May 22, 1991
MCHS 3
Got invasive plants out of bed south of patio – Then bath & typed out bio & outline of talk on Wildflowers for Marion Christian Women’s luncheon at Country Club – Only 10 minutes so dwelt on definition of wildflower – weed? – native plant – alien? – all in our perception of what’s right.
To HH – Willis Nye in hunting originals of pamp[hlet ‘Tractor in the Making’ – Called John Hickson to clue me in to his records but Huber pagers not in book – so couldn’t help him
12 Marion Area Counselling Center group popped in for a tour – Royce’s son among them. Then took half of group from Canton. Two groups wear me out.

Tuesday, May 21, 1991
Madge Book 4 hrs
Up at 5:30 & corrected M/S of Madge’s book from her copy. She came about 9:15 & dictated the caption for 14 pix – Also made several title pages with Arvey label program for her to choose from. She left just after Delmar Brewer arrived about 10:00. He used weed eater to mow front bank & trim under fences & around trees. Rototilled across road (again) weeds grew up from first time. Used Round-up on all walks & patio & around driveway $35 – He finished byt 1:30.
Rested a while – Met Marfy at Turroff’s for dinner before Board meeting.
Nothing exciting for a change. Over by 9:45 – Helen Kaufman didn’t make it back from trip to Mexico so Eula presided. Air conditioning installed in gift shop[ & Jackal wants to give contract ($10,000) to Wenigs for new electrical system, without other bids.

Monday, May 20, 1991
Madge 3 hrs
Worked on Madge’s ‘Selina Lily’ correcting from her proofing.
Met Mary at Wendys & to Denzer’s to pay respects to Carl Lehner – cancer for 4 yrs.
Then to Heritage Hall for EHMA Board meeting. Now considering a 20×70 pole barn building @ $105,000 – seems to me they need a layout study. How do you turn around a thresher or a maintainer – 25’ long in a 20’ building? Everyone pooh-poohed my suggestion to cut out scale models & place them in building.
Made copies of a 1963 Marion Star ‘Progress Election’ for Bob Swaderer. Had Huber Ad – Houghton Sulky Story & Fahey Bank ad.
Took M/S to Madge before meeting & picked it up after.

Sunday, May 19, 1991
Mowed all areas from 10:30 to 4:00. Set out Jewel Box Celosia by new wooden steps, ageratum by pool & salmon geraniums. Worked on Madge’s story from 7:30 to 10:30 – Ready to final proof & print index.

Saturday, May 18, 1991
56-65 NE Wind
Madge 3 hrs
MCHS 8 hrs
To HH to meet Dick West to go to Tiffin – Seneca Co. Museum to Thematic Exhibits Workshop. Very pertinent speakers & nice tour of museum, but no hands on experience that I thought would be included.
Dick born in Tiffin so I got a tour of his boyhood hangouts & related homesites. Home about 4 – Shopped at Meijer for coleus, celosa & snaps – cookies & prunes.

Friday, May 17, 1991
70-86 dropped to 60 in 20 minutes about 8 PM
MCHS 3 hrs
Gardened till I was worn out. Bath & to Al’s with 2 Marys.
Kensel & Opal Clutter over to finish up the Marion County See labels – took 2 hrs to get them like Kensel wanted them – he preferred 1 ¼ rather than 1 ½ but I told him they only came that close to his specs.
Add a few more species of prairie plants for a total of 90 from all lists for Marion Co.
Opal watched Kathi’s video on Utah. They had been on Burr Trail, Archwes, etc. so she enjoyed it.

Thursday, May 16, 1991
68-89 Thunderstorm PM .5 rain