CROPS ARE MOSTLY PLANTED!
Dad and Luke said on Saturday that the beets and barley are all planted, and the wheat is about done. And, importantly, there has been some good rain to help the seeds get started! Furthermore, paddle fish season opened May 1, and Luke, Shawn and Brett have been successful in catching some. (Wish we could be there to enjoy that savory taste!) Abbie got on the phone between Dad and Luke and told all the secrets of the household!
Mavis took Dad to Bismarck for a checkup and generally got a good report. His congestive heart failure is a bit worse, but otherwise he is holdin up well. Rhonda and Vicki continue to come visit him once each week, helping to keep his house clean, while entertaining and feeding him. He seems to enjoy them both a lot, and they like going to see him.
Yesterday (Sunday) Marilyn, Issy, Ron, and Mavis took Dad to lunch and drove to the old Clark farm west of Savage to see what it was like. The farmstead has about disappeared and the oil well that was operating there has shut down. However, there were plenty of oil wells near Lambert and west of Sidney and Fairview. No new drilling is going on right now in the Cartwright area, but there is lots of activity around the larger Williston area--as reported on the front page of the New York Times last week, espeically the part about the shortage of housing. Two new formations are now being explored, called the Three Forks and Sanish, both supposedly as good or better than the previous discoveries.
Marilyn and Issy have been to Minot to see Julie's "new" house, and are preparing to build a new white fence around their yard.
SCOTTSDALE
We are continuing to explore our new turf, yesterday venturing to the Arizona Biltmore Hotel--an historic place long noted for hosting movie stars and Presidents, as well as other celebrities. It was designed in the Frank Lloyd Wright architectural tradition, and is quite unique, with lots of gorgeous flowers and other landscaping. It has 750 rooms, and lots of ballroom space for events like conventions. Vice President Joe Biden was there on Saturday for a Democratic Party fundraiser. It was fun to wander around the beautiful grounds, but the wine was so expensive we decided to go thirsty!
The Hermosa Inn is much smaller (34 rooms) but equally as historic and interesting. It was the hacienda home of a famous cowboy artist, who converted it to an inn and restaurant. It was built in the Mexican ranchhouse style, and is beautifully unique, with marvelous flowers and plants everywhere. We'll definitely return for a celebration one of these days.
All is well here, and we continue to be pleased with our move from Tucson. Among the pleasures is an abundance of birds that make beautiful music for us whenever we go outside in the afternoon, as they gather around the bird feeder given to us several years ago by Mollie, Dione and Saul!
Cheers,
Bill and Marie
Mavis took Dad to Bismarck for a checkup and generally got a good report. His congestive heart failure is a bit worse, but otherwise he is holdin up well. Rhonda and Vicki continue to come visit him once each week, helping to keep his house clean, while entertaining and feeding him. He seems to enjoy them both a lot, and they like going to see him.
Yesterday (Sunday) Marilyn, Issy, Ron, and Mavis took Dad to lunch and drove to the old Clark farm west of Savage to see what it was like. The farmstead has about disappeared and the oil well that was operating there has shut down. However, there were plenty of oil wells near Lambert and west of Sidney and Fairview. No new drilling is going on right now in the Cartwright area, but there is lots of activity around the larger Williston area--as reported on the front page of the New York Times last week, espeically the part about the shortage of housing. Two new formations are now being explored, called the Three Forks and Sanish, both supposedly as good or better than the previous discoveries.
Marilyn and Issy have been to Minot to see Julie's "new" house, and are preparing to build a new white fence around their yard.
SCOTTSDALE
We are continuing to explore our new turf, yesterday venturing to the Arizona Biltmore Hotel--an historic place long noted for hosting movie stars and Presidents, as well as other celebrities. It was designed in the Frank Lloyd Wright architectural tradition, and is quite unique, with lots of gorgeous flowers and other landscaping. It has 750 rooms, and lots of ballroom space for events like conventions. Vice President Joe Biden was there on Saturday for a Democratic Party fundraiser. It was fun to wander around the beautiful grounds, but the wine was so expensive we decided to go thirsty!
The Hermosa Inn is much smaller (34 rooms) but equally as historic and interesting. It was the hacienda home of a famous cowboy artist, who converted it to an inn and restaurant. It was built in the Mexican ranchhouse style, and is beautifully unique, with marvelous flowers and plants everywhere. We'll definitely return for a celebration one of these days.
All is well here, and we continue to be pleased with our move from Tucson. Among the pleasures is an abundance of birds that make beautiful music for us whenever we go outside in the afternoon, as they gather around the bird feeder given to us several years ago by Mollie, Dione and Saul!
Cheers,
Bill and Marie
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