Sept. 8-14, 2019

Weather | 9/8, 0.79" rain, 61°, 69° | 9/9, 64°, 85° | 9/10, 73°, 88° | 9/11, 73°, 88° | 9/12, 69°, 87° | 9/13, 0.13" rain, 65°, 73° | 9/14, 57°, 83° |

• Sunday (9/8): Bill left for home. We finished husking hazelnuts.
• Monday (9/9): I packed for my trip to Montana. Mary fixed up snacks for my trip.
• Tuesday & Wednesday (9/10-9/11): I drove to Circle, MT, stopping overnight at the Travel Inn in Watertown, SD. The big surprise was better gas mileage than expected with the Cadillac, getting as high at 29 miles per gallon. Mary picked hops on Tuesday and picked cucs, tomatillos and tomatoes out of the garden on Wednesday.
• Thursday - Saturday (9/12-9/14): I visited with Mom a lot. Went with her to the Circle Senior Center on Friday. Saw some neat old photographs she had. Cleaned out the gutters of her house. Fixed her car's windows so they'd go up and down. Put new battery in her car's key fob. Talked to Dianne Sukut. She is battling cancer. Learned my old boss, Gerry Anderson, moved from Arkansas to Billings and got his address from Dianne. She said Mid-Rivers Telephone is on the decline. Our old neighbor, Ken Ehli, is Circle's mayor. Back at home, Mary picked and stored about 200 pears on Thursday. She mowed the lane on Friday and picked autumn olives on Saturday with honey bees up to her arm pits while she stood in a blooming golden rod.