Howard's Last Trip

The last miles of worthy tribute to one who worked and lived with acres in this and other roads in three townships, Ashford, Lomira and Byron ,
Always tilling mother earth with the highest of respect for plowing, seeding and harvesting, come what may. Howards seeds fell on good soil and his harvest now is very plentiful.

One of my poems about nature RAIN IS GOLD
It comes like sheets of sprayed mist only thicker and long enough to water mother earth.

Now listen as corn stalks snap and second crop alfalfa shoots up
gives way to making hay, watching everything spring forth
like hothouse plants

Then watch the crops come to that later time of the first ripe apple
or later on the cuke that seemed so far away that day in May

Prayer for Howard's family

Today we celebrate the life of my nephew Howard Hayes, who died last Wed after a brave bout with cancer,
I will do an eulogy for Him. He, like his Dad, brother Marvin died at age of 70. My closing prayer of the eulogy
Lord, we thank you for a life well lived
In receiving, believing and then given without measure
To help others, as we share our most cherished life's treasure
Given by God from heaven above in never ending eternal love.
In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Sunday-Update

Home most of day-Saw Howard 2 days agoHe came home from Froedert Milwaukee to Home care Hospice for his cancer condition.
Todd & Paula return today from music tour in Europe.
Will be picking first ripe tomatoes this week. Also, yellow raspberries have begun to ripen-they need to appear orange in color and come off the stem easy.

Cooler weather

Don't need the fans today--cooler outside plus a shower yesterday afternoon. Need to pick strawberries today, smaller, but sweeter.
Also, need to transplant volunteer tomatoes that came up in the garden.
pear tomatoes

Daily Trek

Blackie likes to run. The corn is high. Looks waist high. We had rain overnight and clouds today, but it is very humid. Mosquitoes are biting. Blackie goes right to rest under the apple tree.

Meeting of Hayes family in May

The first weekend in May, Ken and Ruth K. Doug and Debra came to visit Wisconsin. We had a lovely Sunday brunch at Bublitzes with them and Nieta and took some pictures. Here they are! Doesn't Doug looks happy doing that tip math? Nieta must be telling him how to do it.

Antsy Blackie

Blackie needed to go out!

Peonies and Iris

Picked peonnies for two weeks and found iris on east end of garden

First Post

This is Stan's new blog. This first post will be short as we try to figure out how it works. We have a picture from Sunday when Carla was here and there was lots of strawberry picking! Back in a few minutes with another garden post.