Category: Trella Diaries

Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Woke a 7 AM and in to Perkins for waffle and egg & sausage breakfast.
To Menard’s to pick up 5/8″ x 5 ” lag screws for boardwalk.
Back to Terradise and mowed leaves.
Worked on Boardwalk and finished bridge portion and started with odd shaped deck to join boardwalk to bridge. Ran out of deck boards and stopped around 3 PM. Headed back to Cincinnati.

Tuesday, November 14, 2023
After rehearsal with Ken Taylor’s Central Jazz Band at Central Christian Church in Dayton, drove Rt 4 to Terradise arriving about 10:30 PM.
Slept in sleeping bag on living room couch.

Saturday, November 4, 2023
[David & Susannah Haldeman work day]
Up at 6:30 AM and drove truck with 4 concrete slabs for the vernal pool boardwalk. Many leaves from Kentucky Coffee Tree down on lower driveway. Also, hawthorne next to steps down to hickory trees had fallen. Cleaned up and burned hawthorne on the spot. Moved rowboat up the hill and plan to use it to shade out the Japanese Knotweed infestation just off the driveway.
Susannah cleaned up the front plantings of dead hosta and prairie plants.
Tried to start Toro Zero Turn mower, but starter just whizzed.
Picked up spare front tire at Miller Lawn & Equipment, and they will call me Monday for pickup

Decided to keep a diary of my own.
Up at 7:25 – did some transcribing of Trella’s 1999 diary and scanning of Salvation Army Caroler’s Favorites Piano-Vocal book for carol sing.
Breakfast of Eggs, Spam and Bun Toast with Traffic Jam.
To see Ford v. Ferrari at Anderson AMC Dine-in – had popcorn and Vanilla Orange Coke.
Came home about 2:30 and worked on Trella’s Diary – printed 10 copies of Caroler’s Favorites.

4-6:30 PM Clarion Brass (Ken Taylor, Anita Hunt, Jeff Clymer and myself) played for Mt. Washington Holiday Walk.

Monday, January 15, 2001
Called R&R Drain & their crew were here by 1:00 with back hoe & pumping truck. Excavated lawn in area where I insisted the opening to tank would be found & there it was – not under the blacktop as they had insisted when here last fall.
After pumping tank & reaming lines they asked me to flush toilets. The one in main bathroom overflowed same as before so he brought a snake & unplugged it – which is what I asked them to do when they were herre Friday but they insisted on the digging – ! Oh well, the problem is fixed – tank not pumped since 1974!
At 5:00 to Gateway Smorgasbord – for dinner & annual meeting of Edward Huber Memorial Association – John Watkins first president gave run down on history of EHMA. I challenged them to create an endowment fund & much interest shown.

Saturday, May 11, 1991
55-82 Sunny no wind
Madge 2 hrs
Bfst on porch – Many bird songs as I record them for future identifications. Spent most of morning in woods – enjoying Terradise and realizing that all my plans and hopes for what it could be have been realized. Very satisfying thought. This spring growth has been exuberant.
World on Madge’s story for 2 hrs. Ate lunch on deck & missed Kathi’s call so called her back & also talked to Kristi, home for Mother’s Day & for a date with Brad Buchanan – Navy man but also from Kristi’s High School graduating class – She proficiencied er college English & needs only few credits now for her Associate Degree.
To Mary’s at 5:00 to go to Delaware to get a Quiche for Monday & to have dinner at The Mill again. Stopped at Harter’s on way home. So good to see Bob & Sue – Gave him prairie seeds from Kensel that he didn’t have & he gave me Silene virginian & Cardinal Flower & and endangered western sunflower.

Friday, September 30, 1955
[No entry]

Mondayt April 28, 1947
Penny Postcard to Trella from Ray Romine
Front:
Trella Haldeman
552 N. G’wood St.
City

Back:
4-28-47
11:15 PM
Hi – Hope you’re improved? Much, that is.

Just got home (11:00) & figured too late to call! You’re still under weather, hence postcard.

Talk went well — enjoyed pinch-hitting; had nice lunch; everything Jake.

Mounted H. Co. stuff prior to talk – all went well also.

See you soon. (Wrote letter Thomas*– half apologizing) (no slosh, no fumble)

Ray

P.S. Pupa from Hocking Co. (Colledted only Sun) has hatched – with surprising results: recall largets gray (5″) moth found on tree trunk? THis was another just like it! The “Thru the Year” part of book on Smokies is by Art Stupla — who Thomas says took lacta there – remember?

P.P.S. I have “Manual of Ohio Weeds” – came yesterday.

[*Edward S. Thomas – Ohio Historical Society Naturalist]

Sunday, March 31, 1946
[Trip]
Bucyrus
Sandusky River