April 19, 2012
The biggest news around this place - - - - Galen has a girlfriend! If you have been reading the previous letters, you might recall back in January I wrote about Rachel Bauman from Ontario, Canada ,...
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May 19, 2012 Hello from the folks at Milton Creamery. It’s almost 90 degrees, a good breeze blowing. What will it be like in July and August? Maybe we’ll have our heat early? That’s...
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A beautiful day in Southeast Iowa. After some welcome rain last weekend, things have greened up again and more rain the other night cooled it off. Galen and Cody started making cheese at 4:30 this...
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A sunny day, only in the lower 90’s instead of over 100 degrees! Sure appreciated the last 2 mornings with temperatures in the mid 60’s. We’ll take some more of them. It still didn’t rain any amount to...
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August 11, 2012
A beautiful day with much cooler temperatures. It sure has a feel of fall in the air when the morning temps are in the 50’s. Some leaves are starting to turn, some are falling. I think it was too dry...
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September 7, 2012
A cloudy day with a few sprinkles this afternoon. Rain should be moving in by this evening according to the radar. We had 1 3/10 two weeks ago, and last Saturday another 1 6/10. It sure brightened...
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October 6, 2012
Hello from chilly Southeast Iowa! The weather took a sudden turn and it feels COLD. We had frost this morning, I don’t think the flowers close to the house froze, but most other things took a hit. I...
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November 2, 2012
Greetings to one and all. Another month has passed, sometimes time seems to fly. Rufus was in Chicago at a new Mariano’s store that just opened on S. Halsted St. Chicago (Greek Town area) Tuesday,...
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December 3, 2012
Way too warm for this time of the year, 58 degrees? Someone brought a twig from their lilac bush in on Saturday with green buds, and someone else told me their jonquils were blooming. I don’t really...
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January 4, 2013
Good morning and a Happy New Year to all. The sun is shining, it’s warming up (a little) and it’s the kind of day that makes a person feel good to be alive! The old year is gone, the New Year has...
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February 2, 2013
Groundhog Day! Doesn't look like he'll see his shadow in this part of the country, can we hope for an early spring? I doubt if anyone would complain. We have some snow, but not everything covered....
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A snowy morning, it looks nice after two days of snow. There was even plenty of snow to scrape away and keeping it off the sidewalks is a problem when it just keeps on coming. If anyone wants to...
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March 22, 2013 The first day of Spring has come and gone, it was cold & windy, certainly not very spring-like. But that’s okay, we’ll take the colder weather now, then come April, nice...
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May 2, 2013
May 2, 2013 Spring is here! But it doesn’t feel like it this morning at a cloudy 40 degrees and windy. After 82 degrees yesterday, this is a let-down. Next thing you know we’ll be complaining about...
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June 14, 2013
June 14, 2013 Where has the time gone? The first of the month came and went - - and no letter yet! It’s cloudy, sprinkled a little and blue in the west, looks like we’re in for some....
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July 25, 2013 Greetings to everyone near and far. This week the weather has been wonderful, not as hot as the previous week. Also, the inch and 4/10 of rain this past Sunday was wonderful. I was...
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September 17, 2013
September 17, 2013 Hello once again. Shame on me, for letting this go so long since my last update. That isn’t supposed to happen - - - Cooler weather is here, maybe not to stay yet, but it...
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October 23, 2013
October 23, 2013 A cloudy cold-feeling day, 43 degrees. It’s been sprinkling a bit, almost thought it looked like a few snow flurries? Surely not, must’ve been bad eye-sight! We haven’t had a...
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December 11, 2013
December 11, 2013 Cold and clear, it’s 10 degrees this afternoon. Winter is here, with a bit of snow to make it white. The young folks like this weather, that means skating parties and...
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December 3, 2012
Way too warm for this time of the year, 58 degrees? Someone brought a twig from their lilac bush in on Saturday with green buds, and someone else told me their jonquils were blooming. I don’t really...
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