Thursday, October 12, 2017

October 12, a bit late, 2017

             All the hype there is about the beautiful fall in New England --- we have a more localized rival. Mink Creek is so full of color this season. We have had several days of rains but the moisture we have been receiving has just intensified the beauty. A few days will pass and the inevitable change will take place, those beautiful leaves will turn brown, dry, and fall, making for a crunchy, and a bit noisy, passage underfoot for the coming hunters who are trying to sneak up on our wildlife as the various hunting seasons open.
             A neighbor has been trying to beat the racoons to the fruit in his orchard. Is there a hunting season on racoons? Those clever creatures can invade any place they want, short of using a padlock.
Karen and Layne Erickson attended the LDS Wellsville 10th Ward in Wellsville, UT. The occasion was the sustaining of their son,Bryan Erickson, as the new Bishop of that ward. One of his counselors is a young man with Preston roots, Jeff Andrus, who married Audrey Jo Madsen.
           David Seasmons, son of Jeff and Jennifer Seamons, has been playing on the Preston High School soccer team this fall. As a sophomore, he plays on both the Jr. Varsity and the Varsity teams.
            Mariah Atkinson and her two girls, spent a fun week with her parents, Brenda and Greg Belew in St. Anthony, ID. The Belews love having grandparent time with these little ladies.
            Kent and Tammy Beardall enjoyed a trip down to Spanish Fork and spending a relaxing weekend with the family of Shawn and Callie Beardall. Shawn was on call with his firefighting job, but that didn't interfere with the togetherness of this bunch.
            Bob and Claudia Erickson spent a few days in Richfield, UT, at the home of Jody and Laural Janke. They attended lots of soccer games with family playing on four different teams. A visit to Cove Fort was a fun day, even though cold enough to be wrapped in a blanket while touring.

          Columbus Day, nearly a forgotten holiday these days. Anyone remember when it was a holiday, and also a time during elementary school that centered on the official discovery of the continent and some facts about the explorer? There were even some interesting tidbits about other explorers that were out there seeking the New World, before and after Christopher. Now the online information about him and most other explorers make them sound like monsters. Times and expectations have altered in those 500 plus years since the days of when the world was flat and civilization was quite different.
           I wrote this early, then forgot to post it when the rest of the day took off.  Just how life works!

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