Category: Trella Diaries

Thursday, August 23, 1990
Ray Foertsch here to cut 3 Hopa Crabs & Washington Thorn. Hard work for a 78 yr old man. Also cut 4 lilac bushes on bank N of lower driveway. Didn’t have the heart to ask him to do any more. Installed outside lamp on post. Landscapers didn’t show up.

Wednesday, August 22, 1990
Mark & helps finished brick walk to where it will connect with the steps from lower drive. Also cut sod & marked out bed from road along driveway to fill in hole. Want to be able to mow from road down to pond.

Tuesday, August 21, 1990
MCHS 2 hrs + 100 miles
TO Class of ‘33 bfst at Isaly’s. Sat with Mary Gracely Conyers & Richard Minshall. Dick & Imogene here from Fla. Dick remembers daddy popping corn in water – (only a little, I think, to restore moisture). Reminisced about growing up on Dix Ave. He was 3 when I was born & played with my erector set.
Picked Mary up & off to Ohio Hist Soc to pick up “Time & Again” exhibit. Had it ready on loading dock. Then to MCI Cafeteria for lunch (Chi-Chi’s too full) – Then to 3rd Ave W to buy lamp for outdoor post – Cast Iron – $100.
Unloaded 3 boxes at Heritage Hall & left word on selling it up for the popcorn festival. It must be returned April 30, 1991.
Landscapers laying brick. Have to saw so much because they laid timbers too far apart i

Monday, August 20, 1990
In to Marion – deluxe warm white fluorescent bulbs for bathroom at Van Attas – money at Marion Bank – modem connector & 5 ½” high density disks at Marion Computer. Then to Mary’s – formed a chain to help clean out her attic above garage. Things Rocky & Kenny had saved.
She came home with us for sweet corn & wieners lunch. Haldemans left about 2:00. Took load of Belden bricks & stuff from Mary’s. Landscapers came & started laying bricks.

My old 20 mhz computer failed while I was trying to copy files to a disk. David took it with him to see if he can salvage anything. Hate to loose that file on excerpts Gary Barnhart made from Marion Star.

Sunday, August 19, 1990
Cooked for Haldemans. They arrived about 1:00. By the time we ate it was raining so boys couldn’t mow. David brought my new SrC 386 computer – color monitor & Panasonic laser printer. So much to learn.

Saturday, August 18, 1990
Picked up Bob & Sue Harter N of Delaware – to Batelle-Big Darby Metro Park SW of Cols for Ninth Ohio Prairie Conference. – Took pressed specimens of silene regia to Charlie King for Ohio Biological Survey herbarium.
Good program – especially report on Ohio Dept Transportation 5 yr grant to study prairie plants for use in highway plantings.
Tours to Bigelow & Smith Cemetery. Harters wanted to leave at 5:30 & though hated to miss tour of Big Darby prairie – I was tired so good thing they wanted to leave.
Stopped at their house & Bob’s 10×12’ prairie is a microcosm of true prairies – gave me 4 flats of perennials including prairie dropseed.

Friday, August 17, 1990
Mark & helper spend day laying timber to hold brick walk.

Thursday, August 16, 1990
Landscapers from McCoy Landscaping. Started by taking up old brick walks – stripping sod between walk & house & laying out new walk.

Wednesday, August 15, 1990
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Tuesday, August 14, 1990
David left early to take Sarah to Walnut Hills for all day band practice. Called to say my computer wouldn’t be ready until PM & that he had an appointment until 12 – So I had morning free. Drove through Mariemont – a little down in in the heels – Sjopped at Kenwood Town Center Mall – Lazarus – Black jacket, bra & undergarments. Trouble finding David’s office after I get in the area –
SRC labl was testing my new custom designed computer – Brought it to David’s office & started installing programs. Fixbas-Ventura Publisher-Photo Archivist-WordStar 5.5. Also ordered a Panasonic Laser Printer.
Got started home about 4:45 & turned N. on Vine instead of S So had quite a tour of Cinci before I got on the freeway an hour later. Thank goodness I had a Cinci map./ Home about 8:30.