Beckett Aaron Westergaard

The newest grandson of Leo and Keri. Son of Greg and Erin and brother of Brady

Controlled Burn

This morning we ran into Mickey on the trail and she reminded us that they were burning down an old house at the corner of Harrison and Olive street. We later learned from an older bystander that the house at one time was a hotel for the railroad. It seemed likely to us. This burn is an opportunity for the small volunteer fire departments of our county to get in a practice on firefighting skills.
I was able to get some great photos before my phone died. Yup, that is right, my phone died. But I digress. Here are some fire photos.

At one point, raccoons came running out of the house. It was well engulfed in fire at that time. Three came out and spread out in different directions. A spectator said that was their fire plan and they would meet up at their specified location. I am sure they were right.

 The fact that I use Dropbox, all of the photos I took went straight to my computer so even though my phone died due to unknown circumstances I still had all my fire photos.
And here is a link to the Greene County News Online :http://greenecountynewsonline.com/2015/08/22/fire-departments-do-controlled-burn-of-city-owned-house/#more-20681

Later, on the advice of Mickey, I went to the Verizon place in Perry arriving at 4:01. They close at 4:00 and even though we could see them they would not relent and let us in. So now the plan is to wait till Monday and go to Des Moines.
So if you feel compelled to call you better use Butch's number. Till Next time!

Water Heater Woes

Sometimes I post things more to get them on here as a record of what took place rather  than informing you of our misfortune. In reality, we knew this one was coming. The water heater that came with the house was still working and so it was installed in the breezeway and I am trying to find pictures of when this happened. Butch and I disagree on when that might have been. Not important really.
Yesterday Butch was planning to go play golf when he noticed the water heater was leaking. So his plan changed and he went to Lowes in Ames and purchased a new one for $456 and returned home to install it. It is installed and working and all is right with our world. He was able to play golf today and the weather was nicer than it was yesterday.

Missouri's Katy Trail

This trail in Missouri is beautiful. I found this picture on Facebook and I love it.

The Katy Trail State Park is one of the nation's longest rail-trail projects—nearly 238 miles of scenic trail that passes through some of Missouri's most scenic areas. In particular, much of the trail follows the mighty Missouri River, but patrons will find other landscapes as well, such as forests, wetlands, valleys, prairies and farm fields.

Trail info ➤ rtc.li/katy-trail-state-park

Lisa and Terry Linder -Full time RVers

And August visitors. We had fun!

Great grands go to school!

For Miss Elise it is Kindergarten!

And Leo is off to preschool!

His Mama says he is waiting for his sister to get out of the car. Little does he know he will spend the better part of his life waiting on women.

Tube Art

When Butch and I went to Sebring Florida this Spring we went to visit Pete and Jerilyn and while there we spotted tube art at the local museum and liked the idea. Jerilyn finished hers recently. Her's more closely resemble the size of the ones in Florida.  Great job!!

Typical day for the law in Greene County

I am often entertained by the police/sheriff's reports.

Sunday, Aug. 9: At 12:32 pm a deputy was dispatched to the 900 block of Irving St in Scranton for a rogue woodchuck roaming their yard. At 1:22 pm a deputy was dispatched to a residence in the 400 block of State St in Scranton to investigate a reported strange noise coming from the basement. The source of the noise was not found, and several juveniles in the home were assured that nothing was in the basement. At 8:12 pm a deputy was advised of several overdue river floaters on the Raccoon River between the Jackson Hill Bridge and Henderson Park. The deputy checked several locations and was soon advised that the river floaters had reached the park.

I am grateful to live in an area where this is the norm.

Jefferson's Hot August Nights Car Show

There were 449 entries in the show so it took a long time to see them all. I am not at all sure they were able to. Not being farmers, I think they skipped the tractors in order to see all the cars.

 I remember the info on this motorcycle pictured below. It is made by Polaris in northern Iowa and the first ones off the production line were in November of 2014. It is called the Slingshot. There were two of them in this show, this orange one and also a black one.