The Village garden is growing. So are the weeds, but two young boys took care of them. Mary’s son, Andy, and Wade Sullivan spent the day cleaning up the garden. Deb then harvested onions. You know, the little green kind so good at the table. Radishes will be available soon for Martha found one marble sized. I learned this week, and I can’t remember where, if you stomp down or walk on the top of the radishes they will grow bigger underground and not have so much tops. Makes sense doesn’t it? We shall see for Colleen Martens is giving it a try. We had guests at Bible study this week, Shirley Olson from the apartments and Rachel and Lloyd Untiedt from The Oaks in Luverne. We are studying the book of Mark, one of the shortest books of the gospels. A coon has been sighted a number of occasions in the back field just waiting for the corn to grow I suppose. Arnold Thorin thought there might be young ones nearby. The birthday of the shopping cart was on the 10th. Of course, Mary and Deb could not let such an event go by without a celebration. In 1934, Sylvan Galman owned a grocery store in Oklahoma City, Okla. To make it easier for customers to buy more in one trip, he invented a cart the buyer could push around. To show us how the style has changed, Mary came barging in the dining room with a cart built like the automobile that a child can sit in and drive down the aisle with the basket on the back and mom pushing. It’s big, the size of a chair if laid in a reclining position. Mary had the basket loaded with groceries we could all shop from. Paper goods, cookies, toiletries, etc., we all had a pick with no cost to us. This week was also the 70th anniversary of the drive-in theater — Remember going to one? Mary does for she went in a Porsche. In honor of the event a movie was shown that afternoon in the dining room. The Community Club met here making final Friendship Day plans that will be in Hills next weekend. We’ll be having a booth in the park. Arnold Thorin and Erma have been making items to display. Signe has been saddened by the death of friends killed in a car accident. We wish for sunshine on our patio plants. A woodpecker, blue jay, sparrows, robins and a yellow finch have been seen outside our windows. Everywhere outside is so green and beautiful.I’ll keep you posted.
