Category: Trella Diaries

Sunday, September 2, 1990
Frustration with computer. Called David – He said get a Y connector so I can use portable phone & modem from computer station. Mary here when I called him so she went home & got the connection I needed & brought it back. Great to have a sister like her.

Then called David & with the modem he got me straightened out. Said “God speaking” – 11th Commandment – Do not use FoxCentral (There are bugs in it) So I have to learn the commands. They are not in my book on dBaseIII as it is geared to using menus.

Saturday, September 1, 1990
Up at 7:30 to watch Ed Johnson’s Agri Business program on Channel 10 TV – that featured me! ¾ of tim,e was me talking – ? Dean Hazard – ? other shots. Not sure I got the points across.
Set out coral bells, Indian Summer Sedeen & replaced impatiens among McCoy’s planting – Had to pull back mulch, split weed barrier & dig hole.
Mark & Richardson worked all day on timbered steps – got 7 steps in by using pick axe to excavate the hard clay.
37 yrs ago today Ray & I, Kathy & David moved in here.
Dave called – Looking into HUD’s program top sell houses for $1,600 – Has taken 4 weeks of classes on subjects from soldering to welding to materiel management.
Took film to K Mart, stopped at Hemmerly’s to cash check, left Exhibit story at Star, deposited $1,700 check from Boston Co Money Fund at Marion Bank. Picked Mary up, left off 2 chairs to be caned at Shaw’s. To Upper for supper & then to Fairhaven to visit Fanny Baker. She had gone to Forest. Grocery shopped, drove past Claridon Prairie – 35 species blooming.

Friday, August 31, 1990
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Thursday, August 30, 1990
MCHS 10-9 11 hrs
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Prince Imperial’s 100 yr old box with 18” wide boards was dismantled & is to be used for a fence. No board action authorized the destruction.
More frustration with new computer – Rejects commands. Can’t print labels. Called David & I hooked modem up wrong so he couldn’t help. Made date to call 8:30 tonight.
Mark & Bill laid stone walls (Ottawa Dry Cut Limestone) & planted 2 Serviceberry trees dense yew & dwarf lilac at both sides of driveway entrance.
Took membership renewal & card form to Laippley for printing. Then to HH to lead tour for Green Camp group & others. Then ran labels for renewal & for Potluck. Also ran invitations to Potluck & got material ready for Helen to copy for distribution to board. Mary brought chicken dinner to HH. At 6:00 Richard West came back & sorted bricks – He laid them out in order while I told him which ones were to be placed where. Exhausted by 8:45. Picked up prints at Cliff Mitchell’s – He gave MCHS enlargements of glass negatives found in Linscott house 15 years ago.
Home exhausted. Called David & told him too tired to use modem & I would just work at HH using dBaseIII.

Wednesday, August 29, 1990
MCHS 10-5 7 hrs
½” rain
Planted impatiens among the new juniper under the silky dogwood.
Worked on MCHS records – frustrating in Foxplus central. In at 1:00 to lead Mt. Vernon group on tour – About 50 people thru HH including Walt & Olgua & Janice. Bernard at Print Shop & Walt & Olgua visited.
Met Mary at Perkins for dinner. Took film to Cliff Mitchell to develop & print for brochure. Good to see him & Jackie again – been about 12 years since we’ve been close.

Gave Jess (girl) from Trailer Park the small tree book that was Ray’s. She had asked me to help her with identification project for school.

[added later:] Last time I saw Walt. He declined my offer of a personal tour of HH.

Tuesday, August 28, 1990
Bfst on the deck with David & family. They left for Lake Erie about 10:00.

Monday, August 27, 1990
Sorted piles of accumulations. Got bedroom/computer room ready for session with David tonight.
In to shop for groceries, pick up sweet corn at McMahons, leave Huber Newsletters at Willis Nye’s.
Home & got meat loaf dinner ready. Haldemans arrive about 7:00.
David & I worked from 9 to 12 repairing programs, teaching me Ventura Publisher, etc.
Karen asleep in bed with her book when we finished.

Sunday, August 26, 1990
2 hrs Bricks & MCHS Purchase Fund
7:50 – Cedar Waxwings – flock of 7 or 8 tufted titmice in beech & oaks. Most look like juveniles. Carolina AWren singing.
97th Reserve Unit from Marion put on alert.
Muggy & hot – Learning sessions on new computer. Called David but he was at COG Convention in Dayton. Wrote to Kristi & Kathi – Sent Ray’s poem Sonnet 441014 – to a poetry contest. Cooked boiled potatoes & fried minute steaks for lunch at 4:00.

Saturday, August 25, 1990
MCHS 2 hrs.
Finished mowing with push mower in front yard. Tried to learn Ventura Publisher – frustrating – Can’t get Lazer [sic] printer to print any different fonts.
Mary out with sweet corn. Baked orange roughy to go with it. Corn too far gone to be good.
Sorted out MCHS files while watching TV – Worked on it until 1:30 AM.

Friday, August 24, 1990
Streets closed for Farmer’s Festival.
Took Howard to Caledonia. Mowed from 11 to 3:00 – Even go the banks across the road. Looks great. Love the open look towards the road where the 3 Hopa Crabs were. Alos the view to the river from the upper deck that had been blocked by Washington Thorns.
Set out New Eng. Asters, late aster across the road among the mosquitos.
Mary H & Mary J picked me upt to go to Al’s in Cardington for dinner. Robin & LeAnne are separated from husbands & Bob’s son K is divorced. Ed Granger & Barbara Jordan seem to be happy in their June 30 marriage. Barbara is learning to be a Morman wife. Don Augenstein – Marine – is headed for Saudi Arabia.

No landscapers today.
Discovered big bluestem clump in bloom across road in original prairie planting.