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When I walk out the door, the air smells like honeysuckle. It is a lovely fragrance to greet the day.
I went to my brother, Don's this morning and then we went to Glenwood Memorial Gardens where Ted and my parents are buried. I put some red, white and blue bouquets on the graves and Don put some pink roses from my mother's garden. There is only one rose bush left as the trees have grown so tall that almost the entire yard is shaded. We got some sandwiches at WaWa for our lunch. Don showed some National Park Videos and a slide show he put together from his trip to Avalon, NJ. He also showed a slide show of our trip to Michigan. I left about 2:30 to avoid heavy traffic.
It was a hot one today and humid. It is still 88 degrees. The air conditioner was getting too cold so I pushed the thermostat up high enough to shut it off. I think it was running all afternoon.
News from the Vorlon Wife.
Posted by tedkarol at May 30, 2011 8:18 PMIs the lovely photo of the married couple you and Ted? It is so beautiful. At first, I wasn't sure who it was, and the longer I looked, I began to see traits of both of you. I must rely quite a bit on memory, as I never saw Ted, and I've only seen you once. Such a gift that I actually had the chance to meet you, and I so wish that I had been able to meet Ted too.
Ted & Phylis called yesterday to see if we survived the storm in Calhoun Co., which is where we live. That was so very nice of them. When people began seeing the damage, and that it was right in our area, we received several calls to check on us. The storm did a tremendous amount of damage to houses, trees, garages, vehicles, and many businesses are closed because of such heavy damage. The wind sounded absolutely like a big piece of heavy equipment outside the window. It's probably similar to the sound people hear when a tornado is nearing. The winds were about 90 mph and there was so much damage. We thanked God that He watched over our mobile home park. If the severity of the storm had gone through here, I'm not sure if we all would have survived. In our son Tom's neighborhood, there was so much damage. Tom worked all night Sunday and all day Monday trying to help others who couldn't even get out their doors because of huge trees falling everywhere. It looks really awful around here. But, then we think of Joplin, MO and we feel thankful that our storm wasn't that violent. The weather people are saying that most of what we had was straight line winds. Whatever it was, it was dreadful. The weather reporters are predicting more storms yet today, oh, how I pray that doesn't happen. It seems that nobody was injured or killed, which seems amazing when you look at the damage that was done. So very thankful that nobody was harmed. Praying we don't have anymore.
Isn't it just wonderful when you can reconnect with family that you haven't seen in a long time? My aunt from AZ was able to come to Battle Creek a year or so ago, and several cousins were able to come too. We laughed so hard at some of the great memories we each had. It was wonderful. I'm so happy that you had such a great time with your family also. Now, you'll probably stay in touch better. We don't always realize how much family means to us when we're younger. It takes maturing and getting older to recognize how very much you cherish them.
It's mighty hot here too, which we can live with if it doesn't bring the awful storms! Ruth
Posted by: Ruth at May 31, 2011 5:17 PMYes,Ruth, it's Ted and I. I'm glad you were safe from the terrible wind storm. The country has been through some violent storms.
Posted by: Karol at May 31, 2011 9:51 PM