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Eighteen Years in Missouri
Category Archives: Friends & Neighbors
The Second Wednesday
August 13 – As we have written about before, on the second Wednesday of each month, the Harvesters food truck comes to the Kingsville Adventist Church and unloads a LOT of food to be handed out to people in a … Continue reading
Chiggers and Birds (but not related)
July 31 – Folks suffering from chiggers will sympathize with us. Some people claim that they are immune, but we are definitely NOT. We go around with dozens of red welts, some large, and very irritating. Chiggerex is what we … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Around the House, Friends & Neighbors
Tagged Animals, Cat, Friends & Neighbors, Nature
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Helping Mom and Dad Work
May 24 – I had mentioned in my last post that our son David had come out on Mother’s Day to help us get some tings done. Well, his first words when he arrived were, “Well, what do we do … Continue reading
Posted in Around the House, Friends & Neighbors, Yard & Garden
Tagged Flowers, Friends & Neighbors, Yard & Garden
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The Unknown Woodchopper
May 14 – Just a quick story from a week or so ago. I had mentioned that a section of one of the big trees near our house had fallen down. So on one of our Town Days, we had … Continue reading
Posted in Around the House, Friends & Neighbors, Yard work
Tagged Friends & Neighbors, Yard work
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So Where’s the Box?
May 10 – Here’s a story that didn’t make us too happy at first, but at least we never found out until much later! After a day of Harvesters recently, we had brought in to the kitchen several boxes or … Continue reading
Picking Morels, Hoping for Fruit Trees
April 30 – This whole last week has been grey and damp, not particularly fit for outdoor activities. We had some thunder before we went to bed last night, and then as we lay in bed, the lightning put on … Continue reading
Posted in Around the House, Friends & Neighbors, Yard & Garden
Tagged Neighbors, Yard & Garden
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Cows. And Squirrels. And Gluten.
April 14 – An interesting event took place across the road from us last week, in a pasture where cattle belonging to our son-in-law and his parents graze and wander about freely. We noticed a brown cow lying on her … Continue reading
Price Chopper People – Part II
March 27 – And today I’ll finish up the Price Chopper post I started last week… Behind the customer service counter, Lenita busily takes care of those who needed help with various questions. She introduced me to Sieahna, a lovely … Continue reading
No, It Wasn’t Mickey
March 21 – So – reporting an interesting little incident that occurred in our kitchen recently. Chris was cleaning up around our toaster on the kitchen sink extension, and was wondering what all the little black items were. I suggested … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Around the House, Friends & Neighbors, Town day
Tagged Animals, Cat, Friends & Neighbors, Thrift store
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Price Chopper People – Part I
March 16 – Continuing with our Town Day overview series, our next stop after the Post Office and Thrift store was Price Chopper where we enjoyed the big hugs from all of the friendly workers. For starters, Cheryl showed us … Continue reading
