May 13, 2014

          We are having more of soggy season, but it only enriches the color of green that surrounds us. Our mountaintops are staying white, below the snow line is all shades of green. Our chokecherry trees are about to burst into bloom and the apple trees are not far behind. The row of chokecherry trees lining the road to Dr. Jim Malouf's home on the Riverdale side of Bear River is already full of clusters of white flowers. Riverdale has been called the local “Banana Belt.”

           Johnny Iverson, eldest son of Kurt and Margret Iverson, has received a mission call from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints, to be serving Kobe, Japan. He will be entering the Mission Training Center on August 20^th. This family has a daughter, Sister Alexis Iverson, now serving in the Texas, San Antonio, Mission.

            Patti Christensen has returned from a week of visiting her son Matt and his family in California.

           Karl and Marion Haws are up from Santa Barbara, CA, readying their Mink Creek home to host guests during the coming months. They have a pretty stead stream of family, close and extended, that enjoy Idaho recreational pursuits even in the winter.

           Travis and Amber Arnout and their children drove up from Utah to have a weekend with his parents, Mark and Karen Arnout.

           Jeannine and Johnny Iverson welcomed a visit from her brother, Allen and Vilma Pack. These Packs live in McKinney, TX. By total coincidence, they are close neighbors of Brenda Seamons, now Kemsley, who grew up in Mink Creek.

            Samuel Seamons, the son of Jeff and Jennifer Seamons, was awarded second place in the Idaho State Solo Competition. He played the double bass, a string instrument, and was accompanied by his mother. Congratulations, Sam, on a great performance!

             Finally, a day or two without rain. Instead the temperatures took a drop and we got a freeze last night. The growing fields of green were covered with white, and it gradually melted as the sun came up, if anything green was in shadow the white stayed until the sun was able to get to it. The bees were still busy in the apple blossoms today, hopefully they survived the frost.

            Any early garden sprouts in their tender stage, if uncovered, got zapped. It is very hard to cover a whole garden, but there is still time to start over if the need is there. Of course the weeds are doing very well, getting a head start on any plants of value.

            The US postal service had a food drive last weekend. Plastic bags of nonperishables, handing from the mailboxes, were picked up by the mailpersons as they delivered letters, bills, and occasional packages.  Being the day before Mothers' Day there were a few more of the latter than usual.