Work Type: Trella Romine Diaries

Saturday, October 31, 2009
1 inch rain
Worked getting all the little jobs done that got the house in pretty good shape by the time Dave Decker arrived at 6:00. Found out later how he managed to spend this time with me. Missed the kickoff meeting in Austin Texas for his new Navy air project. Crucial that he gets things set up for his successor when he returns in June. Hated to leave Johanna to take care of stray cat he rescued that is partially paralyzed. I feel so honored that he cares enough for me to keep his promise to be here for my birthday.
He will retire in June. 23 years in navy. Retirement $50,000 a year. Quite a drop from his present $120,000 a year salary. He’ll move to Albuquerque New Mexico for study for PhD in geology and a new career. he is 42 on December 19th.

Friday, October 30, 2009
Windy
To Y. to Sims and boy helped unload recyclables. To Aldi’s- didn’t have enough cash with me to buy a $10 phalenopsis orchid. To Meijer to pick up Actonel and pay bill. Home by 1:00. Email from Scott Spears wanting to confirm Gale for the December 4th as my presenter. Email from Ohio Environmental Council on why to vote no on Issue 2- benefits factory farms not farmers. Forwarded it to family and friends.
Took a nap. No TV in TV room. Ralph Boger had first corn sprouted and today had first corn harvested.
Getting 42 miles per gallon on Prius.

Thursday, October 29, 2009
Cloudy 60°
DJ 9822
Terradise Nature Preserve at Marion Community Foundation $23,250 Up $1,000 since august..
Jim Carpenter here from 9:30 to 12:30. Cleaned garage, golf cart, tractor and inside Prius. Loaded recyclables in Prius. Raked leaves from drive and hauled to compost pile. Cut hosta foliage and removed to compost pile.
To Le Salon at 1:15 for perm $56. Marcia was concerned when she couldn’t reach me by phone. New styling of hair over ears and longer on sides.
Home by 3:00. Cleaned drawers in desk daddy made. Area by boiler. Worked for 3 hours. On living room TV no picture only a colored line across screen that jumps around.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009
1 inch rain AM 50s leaves dropped on maple and dogwood
To Y pool and back home by 11:30- continued to add to my chronology using mother’s notes and Christmas letters. got to 1982. Sent two pics of pergola and weeping cherry and sassafras trees to Jamie Steven of the Star.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Sent article of leaf collection to James Stevens at Marion Star.
Call from Angela Dutcher OSUM student in creative writing class wanting to interview me for an assignment ‘Find an Interesting Person- ask these 25 questions over a period of one and a half hours. She was here from 3:15 to 5:30! Covered a lot of my activities but missed some- she recorded it on a gadget no larger than a cell phone.
David to Columbus Monday night to play with Vaughn’s group. Talked man from Marion that did not know Trella Romine. My laugh for the day. Emails from Robin Cook and Virginia Wagner.

October 28, 2009
1 inch rain AM 50s leaves dropped on maple and dogwood
To Y pool and back home by 11:30- continued to add to my chronology using mother’s notes and Christmas letters. got to 1982. Sent two pics of pergola and weeping cherry and sassafras trees to Jamie Steven of the Star.

Monday, October 26, 2009
To Y- Sarah not in pool. Does the routine by reading a paper. Ann Hawthorne in whirlpool talking about Robinalt book.
Shopped at Meijer for grapes, bananas and cantaloupe.
Gale here for supper. The seasoned fish from Meijer really good.
Got my phone working by unplugging two connections.

Sunday, October 25, 2009
Mark Baker, my 8th grade science teacher at Central Junior High School spiked a lifelong interest in nature when he assigned us to make a leaf collection.
So on this gorgeous October afternoon with the trees aflame incolors from raspberry to lemon I rode around Terradise in my golf cart and over 70 years later made another leaf collection.
In that 70 year time span my interest in nature has broadened to include birds, butterflies and gardening. But it was especially rewarding to be collecting leaves once more.
On my side porch the wind had deposited tulip poplar and sycamore from trees far from there. So using a small catalog for preserving inserted them and headed down toward the river and into the woods and added Shagbark hickory, red osier dogwood, Hopa crab, bald cypress, American and European beach, silver and black and Norway maple, and shingle oak. The ginkgo had dropped a few yellow leaves that look like little fans. The Buckeye leaves were all on the ground and fading as were the compound Ash leaves. A few Hawthorn leaves clung to their twigs but I couldn’t find the leaves from the yellowwood tree. Used all my energy collecting so pressings labeling will have to wait.
My article on MCHS antique appraisal in Star.

Saturday, October 24, 2009
Called Charlie McCarthy and he said he would meet me at Resource Center but he didn’t show up. Mailed check for $5,320 to GE Assurance Insurance for Medicare Supplement. Couldn’t find invoice to include.
Dorothy Everett of East Liverpool- 89 year old and daughter came to see Prince Imperial. Dorothy’s aunt married Will Howser and they raised her. She disputed that Napoleon the third had sold or given Prince Imperial to Jacob Howser. Ruth Lyon (Joe’s widow) is Dorothy’s sister.
To Kingston about 4:30- Mary Jo Baxter on duty. Tables and chairs from Heritage Hall filled the open area of reception area. I bought six raffle tickets for gift baskets supplied by Kingston. Sat with Helen Kaufman and Dorothy Young. Gale and Dan joined us. Talked to John and Jan peacock and he will take me to Ohio Historical Society to see Ray Romine lepidoptera collection.
To Helen’s home on Richland Road to get quinces from her tree. Gave me a jar of quince honey Dorothy made.

Friday, October 23, 2009
Rain .4 of an inch
Up at 8 bath but no breakfast so I could have blood drawn for testing. While waiting, a woman asked if I was Trella. Said she had always wanted to meet me because she had enjoyed my radio talks and articles in the Star. At Y pool a new woman did the same! And as I was leaving Faith Evanovski’s husband stopped me to say hello. Shopped at Meijer after depositing $1,000 check from 229 account in my checking.
To post office to mail prairie seeds to Jackye. Email from Dave Decker- he is driving and will arrive next Saturday about 6:00. Telephone call from Kathi.

Thursday, October 22, 2009
DJ 10081

Royce cleaned I did three loads of laundry. Washed banisters on side porch and cleaned the bird bath fountain.
Karen Kelly here at 3:45 to pick up my book on Copper Canyon in Mexico that Dave and Johanna gave me in 2001. Showed her the Marion Star front page photo of first work on Rails to Trails west of Marion. Also the Terradise Nature Preserve Endowment Fund original documents allowing only 5% withdrawal of corpus. But now managed by Marion Community Foundation. Exchanged other stories and she said they fish in ponds verifying my sightings in the spring in mine.
We both drove to Terradise Nature Preserve to see if gravel had been delivered to use on low spots on path and better access from shelter house. They hadn’t! She will ask Dick and Mary to put additional stakes on Terradise signs to stabilize them.