February 23, 2021

 Did you observe, or even notice that it was George Washington's birthday yesterday?  This combining of George's Day with Abe's makes for one less day to celebrate, and honors all presidents, but I have good memories of learning about these two men because of their birthdays.  Things I would not have learned and that helped lay my foundation for loving stuff historical

    If we had thought that winter was on its way out, we are now convinced that it changed its mind. We had the one blizzard and then a measure of warmth started things melting. A sense of alarm, “no spring, not yet” was felt. Now winter has sent us several days of heavy wet snow, with barely a break in the coming. The brown patches that were visible on our landscape are well covered with a thick, cold, white quilt. Snowmen are happily appearing in many yards, with smiles on their faces. Shovelers are out, also with smiles.

    Alona Ostler and some gal friends enjoyed an All-girl vacation in the area around San Carlos, Mexico. The absence of pressure was the order of each day as they enjoyed the warm sunshine, did some fishing for seabass, some hiking, played in the water and just relaxed with no schedule for working hours from any direction. It is safe to say a good time was had by all.

    Kim and Sam Daines were up from Draper, UT, for a weekend visit with her mother, Judy Clark. We miss having them as regular members of the community.

    The family of Joseph and Pearl Lloyd gathered here for the funeral and burial of Joseph in the Mink Creek Cemetery. The Lloyds are fairly recent residents of this community, having moved here a few years ago after retirement.

    Lana McCracken had the fun of a visit from her granddaughter, Tabatha (Tibby) Taylor, of Woods Cross, UT. Tibby is the daughter of Tamara Baird. She attends a charter school and was able to do her schoolwork online while in Mink Creek to extend her stay some extra days.

    Kassidy Christensen, daughter of Lacey and Kerry Christensen has had an exciting stay at the Franklin County Medical Center to have her tonsils removed. Cold throat treats have been part of her recovery process and probably shared with her siblings, minus the surgery pain.

    The Mink Creek Cemetery was the place for the burial of Stanford Jensen recently. He grew up here, a son of Rodney and Virginia Seamons Jensen. He was 67 at his passing and has helped his mother for the last six years at her home in Smithfield. Seamons and Jensen family members attended the services.

    Some of our trees held on to their brown, crisp leaves all during these cold months, providing a splash of light sienna color to mix in with the evergreens and tans of dry growth. Now those same leaves are letting go, dotting the snow cover on our lawns. Does this mean they are making an exit to prepare the trees for the eventual spring? Usually those leaves are long gone, off the trees, raked up or swept off, sailing to a new location in the wind.