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Monday, October 25, 2010

A TRIP TO THE “NEW” ALBION…..

When I was a lot younger, PUC’S ALBION FIELD STATION was a very different place - still very much the old lumber mill’s residential area for single mill-hands. Check back later and I’ll post some photos from that era…..

In the late ‘70s, Ervil Clark’s energy and vision drove a modernization that produced a less picturesque, but more functional and less upkeep-intensive field station. 30 years later, that version of Albion needed work, and Gilbert (Gibby) Muth, with others, stepped up. Gail and I have helped on occasion, as free-will offerings and volunteer labor provided the means for an amazing transformation.

As we arrived, we noticed much that hasn’t changed since we taught here in the ‘80s and ‘90s…the post office/hardware store and the market in Albion proper, for instance…
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Posted by Earl on 10/25 at 08:33 AM
TRIPS and VACATIONS • ALBION October 2010 •

Friday, October 22, 2010

CELEBRATION OF CREATION AT ANDREWS

When I finished the KENTUCKY BIRTHDAY VISIT, I rode up to Cincinnati with Vic and Jana and at 4:00 p.m. started my travel odyssey toward Berrien Springs. The schedule was bad enough - three flights, two layovers of about two hours apiece, and arrival in South Bend at 11:35 p.m., then a ride of 20 minutes into the next time zone and to bed a little after :00 a.m.

However, the reality was MUCH worse….and except to say that I will fly through O’Hare (or via United Airlines) only at the point of a gun in the future, I’ll leave the story alone. It’s enough that I got to the Village Motel around 4:00 and to bed after that!
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I slept five hours, and fortunately was early for the meetings because of my desire to coordinate with Vic and Jana on the car. So, Thursday was completely free, and the first real appointment was Friday afternoon. This motel is considerably better than most we stayed in when touring South America….but that isn’t saying a great deal. If you look closely, it’s a little grim…..but it does have the distinct advantage of being directly across the street from the University entrance, and about 100 yards from the University-owned and operated Market.

And really, it’s not so terrible to look at - a little seedy, and the worse for wear maybe….
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Posted by Earl on 10/22 at 04:50 PM
TRIPS and VACATIONS • 2010 ANDREWS CELEBRATION OF CREATION •

OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS, 2010

Jana (19) and I (17) had our birthdays while visiting Mom in Kentucky this year. Any excuse (or none) is enough to get Aagaards out to eat, so we had a number of special meals in celebration. There was Italian in Morehead on the actual 17th, but Mom said it wasn’t good (and I didn’t take any photos) so here’s our Indian buffet meal in Lexington - we had SUCH a good time!
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You can see Vic helping Mom just left of the center pillar and Jana holding the door. Inside,
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Posted by Earl on 10/22 at 10:59 AM
Family Matters •

2010 TOMATO HARVEST!!

It’s true—that’s it.

We picked this one on the day we left for California in late September. After we got back, the prediction of 34 degrees turned out to be almost five degrees too high, and I lost all the summer garden plants, including the SWEET 100 CHERRY TOMATO....so this is the entire 2010 harvest - at least of red tomatoes. If I’d had more plants, the green tomatoes would have gone into chutney, but with this one I simply hung it upside down in the garage, hoping to ripen a few more cherries….but the cold had softened them and they just turned brown. Ah well.

Chico will be a different story!

Posted by Earl on 10/22 at 10:34 AM
Family Matters • GARDENING •

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