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Potpourri of the week

In the garden, we have three roses growing. The big climber that has been most robust in the past seems to be taking the year off (note the dead looking rose at the right of the photo below). One small rose that we thought was dead, but replanted anyway, is growing! I think it’s reverting to an old variety, since it sprouted from underground instead of the main hub, but we’ll have to wait and see. The little climber is ready to bloom.


The perennials are doing well. I think we lost a poppy, and the cannas are still being coy, but otherwise everything is thriving.


The vegetables are very happy. The peas are up to the trellis, so we are training them to climb. The tomatoes, peppers, green beans and swiss chard all look good. The greens have four leaves now.

The window boxes have been doing strong work. It’s so nice to come home to a splash of color in the front of the house.

The hole is even bigger than we thought. Brian excavated again yesterday. It is a full circle, not just the the semi-circle area we first uncovered. It’s about 6 feet in diameter at at least 4 feet deep, from what we can see at the moment. He didn’t get to the bottom of the structure, but he did discover the second chamber behind the wall, which is just as large and round as what we had already found. We decided it was time to ask someone from the historical society to take a look. I’m still leaning toward a well/cistern of some sort, but it would be fun to know why it is domed, and what the approximate age is. It may also be a kiln. Brian found an old-looking bottle, some hand-made nails, and more pottery in it.

It was a long week despite only having two days of work. Monday was non-stop until we packed and got to sleep. Tuesday we traveled to Indy, drove to St. Marys, then greeted family and friends at the funeral home. We talked with many of my mom’s cousins and one remaining aunt who came by, some neighbors, Rotarians, Grandpa’s coffee club friends, and some friends of my grandparents I had not seen in 20 years. My favorite part was hearing stories of kids who had bought penny candy or traded baseball cards with my grandfather at his dime store and grew into local businesspeople who were involved in Rotary with Grandpa years later. There were also friends who had grown up and gone to high school with Grandpa in Jay County. Wednesday I had a little quiet time to say goodbye, then we had the funeral and burial. I was able to share my thoughts at the funeral, as did my Dad, and my brother read scripture. We experienced such an outpouring of support and shared happy memories during those two days.

Thursday was a much-needed day of “down time.” Dad was committed to work at the Food Bank so Brian and I went with him to set up and have breakfast with the crew. They are all quite different – different ages, different reasons for being involved – but they enjoy good humor and the fellowship of working together. I picked some strawberries, ate lunch with Mom, then headed back to the airport.

Friday seemed like just another weekday. Brian had a hectic day in court (volunteering for Jeanne Geiger) and I traveled to DC for my first meeting at DARPA. On Sunday I enjoyed dim sum with the Shuldiners, Frank and Jodi, which involved the handoff of the potted lilies.  The holly bushes are planted at the San Clemente’s so we’ve nearly completed the plant hand-offs.  Only two more to go!

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Comment from Sarah San Clemente
Time: June 16, 2008, 9:53 pm

Thank you, by the way! I’m sorry I wasn’t here to help/see you folks. Life has just been so outrageously insane lately. July is looking much nicer at the moment, so long as all these meetings for music at church cease a little (which I think will happen due to vacation schedules of our committee members). I have your cleanser sitting on the counter (for about a week now) – the eye color, was it “ivy” or was it called something else? I ask b/c Ivy isn’t a choice any longer, so I may have given you either an old sample, or it may be called something different now – jungle or rainforest?

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