DOGWOOD ACRES, 10/26/09, ELANE CRUM
Hello friends. I have gotten face book messages from friends who are seeing snow in the mountains of Washington State and in Germany. It is the right time of year for snow there, but hopefully we will have a few more weeks without snow warnings here in the Missouri Ozarks.
As rain was just pouring down during Sunday morning church service, Pastor Neal announced that we would have a hayride up Glade Top, rain or shine. He did digress just a little saying that if it were still raining at 4:00 p.m., we would stay at the church and eat. Well, the Lord smiled on us, the rain stopped and the evening was just right. Not quite shirt sleeve weather, but cool enough to keep the ladybugs in their hidey-holes, wherever that might be.
On Saturday Rick, Neal and I went to Marshfield to attend the funeral of our friend and old neighbor, John Berg. We got in town early enough to go out for breakfast and happened to see another neighbor who was Neal’s bus driver for ten years. Jo had not seen Neal for 17 years and she thought he was Rick. We had a good laugh about that.
After the funeral we went to the home of another neighbor to have lunch with the Berg family and other friends. The kids who were little when we moved there are so grown up now and getting closer to middle age than they want to admit. That really made us feel old.
Friday was moving day for Martin and Amy as their house in Forsyth sold. Bill, Mary Lou, Neal, LeaAnn, Ashton, Erin and the 4 DuBois children helped move everything to a storage unit in Nixa. We will be closing on their house there in a few days and then, all the stuff is moved again.
Marguerite Burger Jennings called me a few days ago. I told her we were having a beautiful fall day in Taney County and she said, “I know, I am in Forsyth!” She and her son Ralph, who lives in Roseburg, OR, have been visiting old friends and places. It is always good to hear from her.
June Rossner Anker passed away on Saturday. She enjoyed several years of retirement in Forsyth before moving to be near her daughters in Washington. We missed all of the Rossner family at Lone Star Homecoming this year.
I got a real letter in the mail last week from Georgine Cummings. I love mail of all kinds, email, face book mail, but real handwritten letters delivered by snail mail are always a treat. She wrote to tell me about a trip the family had taken recently. Eugene, Dallas, Iva and Georgine had gone to Springfield, Colorado, to see Ann Cummings Wade. She is in a nursing home there and has been unable to talk for 10 years. They also saw Ann’s sister-in-law, Margaret Wade, and brothers-in-law, Audie Wade and Jess Wade.
Neal spent today at our house working on the master bathroom. It is getting a complete makeover with new shower and cabinets. We had quite a time getting a shower that worked. The first one I bought and carried home in the back of my Ford Escape.
The next day I went off to work expecting Neal and Rick to have it in before I came back home again. Well, they called and told me it was about as thick as heavy poster board and was not fit for anything. They boxed it up and I took it back where it came from. After a little more shopping, I found a really nice one at L & J Plumbing Supply and it is a keeper. It did not fit in my Escape and was delivered in a truck. Looks like it may be next week before he gets the new hickory vanity in, but progress is being made.
Paul and Hazel (Ragsdale) Spurgeon visited us today. First, they came by the house to see Rick and then, drove into Branson and stopped at my office for a few minutes. Hazel has had some health problems this year, but feeling much better now. Their daughter-in-law passed away in February and, then Uncle Almus was so sick for several months before passing away just a couple of weeks ago. It has been a rough year for the family.
Bill Biggs Aunt, Sharon Griffith, lost her battle with cancer, passing away just a few days ago. She was a lovely lady with a sweet family who will miss her more than words can express. Our sympathy goes to each one of them.
My brother Jim called tonight and we had a good long visit. Before we hung up, I told him it was time to write Dogwood Acres and he told me not to write anything he said. I guess I had better not tell who has been fishing, how many they caught or any of that kind of stuff. Bye for now.
Cell: 417-239-4059
Website: www.elanecrum.net
Website: www.elanecrum.com
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