June 16, 2020

          The fierce winds of last week, coupled with some hard rain took some of the brightness from our yellow and copper rose bushes that dot our landscape this time of year. Many of these bushes grow where once there was a pioneer home, now years gone, but the flowering bushes remain for reminders of what was.

         Trying to ignore the wet weather it is still haying season for our local farmers. The weevil have been producing a cloud of greyish white as they eat the hay that is ready for harvest. The rain storms flitting in and about keep the mowed hay, lying in windrows, too damp to bale, so it is a continuing battle to harvest this first crop this spring.

         Our Naomi Wilde has made it, one more year. She turned 105 on June 6. Although she now lives in Pocatello in an assisted living facility, she will always be a Mink Creek resident. Her wit and musical talents have enhanced our lives for a long time.

      

        Due to an overlook with the usual Mink Creek News in the Preston Citizen, last week and this week has ended up combined in the paper printed version. In an effort to keep the blog somewhat on the same page as the paper version this read is limited to what was added, plus a few.

         Today has been nearly a day-long drip of rain, starting before the sun got a chance to rise. The rain fell on acres and acres of mowed hay, so the day has had a shroud of gloom for those hoping for a choice first crop of alfalfa. Not sure who won this round of the battle—weevil or rain, but definitely not the farmer.

          There are still plans being made for the annual July 4^th celebration, but at the same time we are trying to stay within the restrictions and follow guidelines set up with the COVID-19. That said, there are bound to be some limitations, the usual feast is intended to be scaled back. It is pretty difficult to estimate how few, or how many, people may be in attendance. Trying to place some 'normalcy back into our lives is no easy task.