Villagers like everyone else waited for rain. Big cracks in the ground and we were concerned. Well the rain came in the form of a good old-fashioned storm we had not witnessed for some time. The thunder roared loud and clear. Lightning followed immediately seeming to streak right down to the ground just outside our windows. This created a pajama party before the big screen TV others laid in bed enjoying the noise of the storm. It rained buckets then would stop and take a break only to do the process again. This continued for a day and a half. We accumulated nearly seven inches. The shoppers going to Luverne reported no puddles anywhere. The dry ground was thirsty for the rain. Mud Creek is still not running full, of course, we’re grateful. If the rains don’t help crops now the moisture will be helpful in the spring.Col. Sanders would be happy to know we celebrated his birthday. Little Kentucky Fried Chicken boxes with colored straws and porcelain chickens served as centerpieces. Of course, chicken was on the menu, and everyone sang the chicken song, actions and all.The soft serve ice cream machine we borrowed from Tuff Home ran out of mix one night and no one knew where to find some. So the machine needed to be cleaned and set, for not being in use until the next day. This required a good cleaning so Peggy Goettsch took off her jacket, stepped on a chair and went to work. She knew what to do for she had worked in a Dairy Queen while in High School.Wednesday’s singing was really fun. We sang to a tape, like Mitch Miller. We had song sheets with the words and we sounded better than ever. Probably not as good as the Lester Singers who came on Friday, though. We now had the soft serve ice cream machine working so we all had ice cream cones following the concert. Marie Knoblock did not take Ezra out to dinner for his birthday but chose to join the singers. This gave us the opportunity to sing Happy Birthday.We, too, had birthdays to celebrate. Florence Biever’s family came for dinner and later sat on her patio to update news of the family. Florence came to us following a stay in the Ellsworth nursing home. She became ill, sold her household items and thought she’d be in a nursing home for the rest of her life. But she got better and now gets around the Village famously. The second birthday was celebrated in much the same way. Family and friends for dinner and visiting after. Shorty Thorin was 90 years old. Shorty’s really Einar and his address has always been Hills. I don’t know how we can watch our diets when both parties served us a treat of chocolate cake and ice cream.Villagers were also in the audience at the Old Fashioned Saturday Nite the Community Club planned. Dinner was pork chops from the grill, baked potatoes, corn, drinks and buns. You could buy ice cream cones from the Junior H-BC Class. Entertainment was a country duo from Ellsworth, the Kullpepper County. They played non-stop for nearly two hours. In between, the guitarist told jokes. The audience always laughed but I can’t remember one of them.I cannot keep up on visitors but we’ve had guests from Seattle and Florida and most places in between.I’ll keep you posted.
