Another view

When I was a young girl my main mode of transportation was my bicycle as it was for most of my friends as well. When I would visit my friend Mickey I would have to return home by crossing the railraod tracks on N. Maple street. Once the tracks were crossed there was a sidewalk on the left side of the road and beside the sidewalk was a wire fence with a very husky fence post in the corner. One time when I was returning home I flew over the tracks and aimed to ride on the sidewalk but missed and hit the fencepost about as square as possible. The frame of my blue and white bike was hopelessly bent and forevermore unridable. I was heartbroken and in tears I left the bike and walked the 3 blocks home. So what does a thistle have to do with a biking accident? Today I went for a walk by the scene of this long ago disaster and the fence post that I hit is no longer there. The post has been replaced. There is however the stump and the cement the original post was set in still remain as a silent memorial to my blue and white bike that is no more. This thistle was blooming about one foot away.

dMarie Time Capsule

dMarie Time Capsule
Try putting in your birthday or the day you were married. Talk about a trip down memory lane! This is a sweet little site.

Jefferson Iowa water tower. It is located in the neighborhood where I grew up but it wasn't there at that time. The neighborhood where I grew up is much improved from what it used to be.

I went for a walk this morning. Too windy for riding. I took my camera with me. These horses were having a committee meeting.

Bell Tower Festival in Jefferson Iowa.

View three of the ceiling in the Greene County Courthouse

View two of the ceiling in the Greene County Courthouse

View one of the ceiling in the Greene County Courthouse

Horse and carriage at the Bell Tower Festival in Jefferson Iowa.

This little gal reminded me soooo much of our granddaughter Amanda a few years ago!

1926 Avery Tractor

Class of '55

Threshing Bee

Jefferson musicians are the best!

This "youngster" Had his candy bag all ready for the parade during Bell tower Festival in Jefferson Iowa.

This young cowboy was working on his grub at the Firemens Breakfast during Bell tower Festival in Jefferson Iowa.

My ironing board with an Angel on it.

Needle Threader

When I started Swedish Weaving I didn't have a needle threader so I used a piece of fish line and I liked it so well I stayed with it.

Butch on number 14 at Nishna Hills in Atlantic on June 5th

Catching Up

In a weak moment I said "Yes" to playing in a 2-ball tournament with Butch at the Nishna Hills course in Atlantic. I hadn't played since in April on a course in S. Texas. What was I thinking??!! Oh well, I lived through it. We had a terrible score (100) but we did win our entry fee back and we had good company on the course. Randy and Sherri Clark and Dave and Mary Jones.

Saturday I had a meltdown in the grocery store. Jefferson has one grocery store and it is a Fareway. I went over for a few items one of which was a delicious ham salad that I could eat with my mouth problems. They didn't have it. Yes, I had purchased it there before but apparently they did not restock it. We like muffin bread. It is real iffy that it will be there. We may have to make several trips just to see if it is there! I was out of cream for my coffee. They had it but it was all outdated. They can get it cheaper if they take outdated stuff I am sure of it!! They are the only game in town and they know it. If I could get by with it I would never spend another dime in that store. This morning Butch poured milk on his cereal and it was spoiled. You guessed it, we bought it at Fareway. Thanks for allowing me to vent.