Two gentlemen of our community lost their wallets, within just a few days of one another. One was fairly certain it had fallen out of a pocket as he was in the middle of checking a problem with a hay baler. Family members crisscrossed the big field, up and down, back and forth, on a Mink Creek slope, all to no avail. It was what it was, and likely some cow critter would end up chomping on a wallet when that particular hay bale was opened sometime next winter. The ‘start all over’ process of canceling, renewing, saying farewell to a few irreplaceables was accomplished and the owner of the wallet had started his new identity. Life does go on. The other lost wallet was in the waters of the Glendale Reservoir, with searching pretty impossible, so it was accepted as well and the new beginning took place.
Fast forward several weeks, some rainstorms and irrigation later. When some friends were hauling hay bales off of a different field that first wallet popped up, in a rather soggy, bedraggled state but with everything intact and returnable. Unlikely, unbelievable, but there it was, just needed some drying out and its sentimental value was still well preserved.
Sam and Sylvia Stanger are enjoying some Mink Creek time. It is nice to see their lights on and have an occasional chat.
The Haws house is busy with family visitors. Summertime brings the Haws siblings in and out of the residence, often with overlapping visits. Ken and Lauren Nash of Sol Vang, CA brought extended family to enjoy the relative coolness of Idaho, plus the green beauty that is still present in our community.
This has been the week of the heaviest meteor showers at night. It has been a great time for amateur observations of our heavens with the absence of city lights. Another one of those advantages of country living.
Learning new processes on a new computer, please bear with me, readers of this blog. I have not given up but having been without computer and phone access at the same time has surely put me behind on my sending out information and news. I was hoping to backtrack over the 'no contact' posting, but find I had better just forge ahead instead.
As with the rest of you the days have been very hot. We aren't accustomed to three digit temperatures in this little corner of our state. Everything is wanting to wilt, including the human population. Having to force ourselves to be out harvesting hay and now grain takes a very solid willpower.
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