Is it sweating or glowing?

July 15, 2006 (12:17pm)
92º F, Sunny/hot, W wind 10 mph.

Good afternoon,

I think summer she here! We hit 90º F before noon, so you know it will be a hot day when the real hot part of the day arrives. The breeze is a saving factor, but just barely. The sun is so hot, that it precludes any serious outdoor activity today. At least for these old folks. We can always head east until our hats start to float if it really gets too hot for us.

This is another one of those do-little days. In spite of that, Margriet thought it would be a good day to do the laundry. With all of the humidity, I think it will have a hard time drying, even with the breeze. Guess she doesn’t listen to me when I told her to take it easy and wait a couple of days when the temperature should be a bit less. We ain’t going anywhere and haven’t moved or started the van since Wednesday when I had to get my monthly supply of medications. Don’t think it will move, except to go to church tomorrow morning.

This weekend is Kewaunee’s TroutFest, but I don’t think we will make it this year. There is a classic car show in one of the downtown streets I would enjoy going to, but think it will wait until next year. Wonder how many of the runners and bicyclists will drop out or not start this year. I don’t even what to go an watch them today. Some of the bicyclists may come by her on Winding Road, but am not sure. They have in the past. We are supposed to head to Oshkosh tomorrow after church to meet up with our friends, Don and Sue, from North Dakota for a "family" picnic at Sue’s mother’s home. Don’t think we will make it. I really want to drive in the heat, or returning late home again. Neither does my Woman. Guess we are getting cautious in our old age. Neither one of us tolerate that much heat well. They are talking of temperatures of over 100º F for tomorrow in Oshkosh. We missed them this winter too, thanx to a snowstorm and a tight schedule for Sue and Don.

On the way home from the Porky’s, we needed stamps for the postcards we had to send. We forgot to bring them from home! At least we remembered the addresses this time! On our way out of Iron River, we kept looking for the postoffice, but of course didn’t. Thought we would have a better chance in a smaller town and we did. The next town down the road was Crystal Falls, and I spied the postoffice about a block off of the highway. What I didn’t realize, the town also was the county seat. The county courthouse was next to the postoffice and a beautiful Lutheran church across the street. I told Margriet to take some pictures of the really cool courthouse while I got the stamps.

The church also intrigued her and she decided to take pictures of it also. While reading the plaque in front, she noticed the church was a Swedish church originally and had a neat history, including the bell in front, no longer used. On it was the story of it creation and use on the church. One of the folks, apparently the church council at the time, is "O. Nelson," on the third from the bottom line on the left. My Dad’s name! Probably not, but there is more then one Nelson around, even then. I am not too sure when the bell was cast, but the inscription was written in Swedish, so think it was a fairly long time ago.

The street with the three buildings on it go up a pretty steep hill. It appears it was the "center of town" at one time, with the courthouse at the top of the hill and ending the street. The courthouse was built in 1890 and still in use. There are additions on either side now. Glad to see it is still there and not torn down. The postoffice is one build at the same time the Kewaunee postoffice was built, in the 30's and of the same architecture. As it turned out, our forgetfulness turned out to be a really good thing.

I have a macaroni/chicken in the process of being built, chicken and macaroni cooling. In a couple of hours I will throw it together with a bunch of other things and call it supper, with a slice of homemade sourdough bread with homemade honey butter. In the meantime I think we both will be consuming a lot of iced tea and like that. Have to provide something in our bodies to sweat out!

Time to get a-sweating more.

In Christ My Saviour,


Chris <><