THE CROW’S
NEST----------------------May
16, 2005
It’s
great to be home! We had a
fantastic time in Ireland.
It was so much fun having
our son, Mike and his wife,
Lea with us. We enjoyed
every minute of the trip.
We flew in an Aer Lingus
Airbus from Chicago to
Dublin and back again. They
are so roomy and also very
quiet. We flew in a
“regular” plane from Kansas
City to Chicago. The
weather was cloudy and rainy
with temperatures in the
50’s. I am sure there are
100 shades of green on the
Irish landscape. The
heather was also in full
bloom so it was beautiful.
It is rather scary that I
actually got used to Chuck
driving on the left hand
side of the road. The west
coast of
Ireland is very rugged with
lots of sheep. The “Cliff’s
of Moher” were beautiful. I
didn’t walk too close to see
them as I have such a fear
of falling over edges. The
cliffs are the cliffs I
envisioned in all the
Victorian historical
romantic novels I read where
the damsel in distress would
stand on the edge of the
cliff bemoaning her sorrow
just before throwing herself
over the edge. Each area of
Ireland was unique in its
own way. We enjoyed the
little village pubs. I made
it my mission to order as
often as possible a staple
on every pub menu—fried brie
cheese on a bed of baby
greens with a dipping sauce
on the side. Every dipping
sauce was different, but
wonderful! I ate enough
cheese to send my
cholesterol upward.
Fortunately, cholesterol is
not a problem for me.
I totally enjoyed visiting
Waterford and touring the
crystal factory. We watched
Waterford Crystal being
blown, molded and etched.
They never, ever sell 2nds
and their “Master Craftsmen”
are paid by the piece rather
than by the hour. Each
piece of crystal goes
through 23 different
inspections before it gets
an approval of meeting the
standards. If a piece does
not meet the criteria the
craftsman does not get paid
and the piece is crushed to
be reused. I spent a little
money there! I couldn’t
keep up with my
daughter-in-law though.
We came back to cold, cold
weather. We even had snow
on the ground the other
morning. For Pete’s sake,
this is the middle of May!
The orioles and hummingbirds
landed in our back yard
Thursday, May 12th.
I will have to keep plenty
of oranges and grape jelly
on hand for them. I
remember going through lots
and lots of grape jelly last
year. The orioles are so
pretty to look at with all
their bright orange
feathers. Now if only a
cardinal would come into our
yard. Doris Haugs daughter,
Cindy Gross had a cardinal
on her patio the other day.
Cindy lives up by Milton.
So I guess there is hope
that cardinals could come to
Edinburg also.
Ron Ulberg was here when we
returned from Ireland. He
came to empty out his folk’s
home and get it ready to be
sold. Ron made hundreds of
trips up and down the
basement stairs. All of the
agates and rocks Marvin
worked with were in the
basement. Ron carried lots
of heavy stuff up those
steps. It is not an easy
task going through 60 plus
years of memorabilia.
Trinity WELCA had their
annual Spring Breakfast this
past Thursday morning at 7
AM. I know the breakfast
has been a tradition for at
least 35 years and probably
longer. We had about 70
ladies in attendance. There
were visitors from Adams,
Gardar, Mountain, Park
River, Hoople and Grafton.
It is really fun to have
them come and enjoy
breakfast with us. Now the
next “big event” at church
will be the annual Fall
Turkey Supper. I already am
tired just thinking about
it!!
One morning I opened my
email and found an email
from Jan Kersten of the
Netherlands. Now you are
probably asking who is Jan
Kersten? I don’t know!!
Anyway, he emailed me to say
he had come across the
Edinburg website while
browsing the internet. He
was fascinated with our
small town and way of life.
He has his own website at
www.jkersten.topcities.com
You can listen to music
while looking at windmills,
tulips and canals. It is a
nice website and he has put
a link to our website in the
American Tour part of his
site. You can view it
directly at
www.jkersten.topcities.com/hollanpage/northdakota1.htm
Field work is in full swing
around here. Halls started
planting potatoes this
morning so I am home alone
for a few days. Just wish
it would warm up so I could
enjoy being out in the
flower beds.
Graduation is this Saturday
for Edinburg. I am looking
forward to the ceremony and
the open houses that
follow. Just seems like
yesterday Heather Foseide
was in grade school. Time
flies. Have a great day.
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MAY 16, 2005
