May 1, 2013

The sound of sandhill cranes, flying high, nearly out of sight, reassures us it is spring. 

Another sure sign is the song of the meadowlark, perched on a bare  tree limb with just a faint touch of green leaves starting to show.  2013 is a cold Rocky Mountain spring. 

Tiffany Longhurst is home from several months of employment at Disney World in Florida.  How would that be for a fun job?   She is now headed back to the grind of college at BYU/I in Rexburg, ID.  The employment has been a nice warm break.

Spencer Wilde, son of David and Judy Wilde, has received a mission call to the South Dakota, Rapid City, Mission.  He’ll be leaving in August, so he has just a few short months of preparation time.

Fae Larsen passed away recently. She has been a resident of the Franklin County Transitional Center for several years.   She was married to Dale Larsen and they lived on Dale’s farm on Bear Creek.  The funeral and burial for Fae was in Tremonton, UT, her home prior to meeting Dale.

 In the LDS Ward, Esther Andra, daughter of Greg and Heather Andra, received her Primary graduation certificate.  Clay Jepsen, son of Kerry and Melinda Jepsen,  was recognized for having earned his Duty to God as a Deacon. 

The Mink Creek youth took care of their spring highway cleanup tradition.  The evening was damp and cold, with spits of rain and snow, but the job was just more challenging because of that.  Usually this time of year the trash isn’t too bad, but for some reason it was big on garbage this time around.  Does that mean people are littering more, having little regard for our environment?  Makes a person wonder!  When they finished Clare Christensen had prepared a wonderful warm treat for their return to the church building.  It was a choice of peach or berry Dutch-oven cobbler---yum!               

In just a week, when I wrote the above for the paper deadline, the color of our village has changed.  With several days of warmth we are now that lovely shade of varied Mink Creek green.  The grass, the trees, the evergreens, the newly planted fields, ---just wonderful, and chances are, if you are reading this you understand completely about  that which I write.  Curly flowers are dotting our slopes and garden flowers are matching the quote “April showers bring May flowers.”  April showers we have surely had!

The chill wind still visits frequently, making spring slow in coming.  It is enough to make me shiver when I see the new lambs and calves.  However, the ones around here are not “brand new” and they look like they are having a good time, galloping and jumping, but keeping an eye on their mothers.