Annual Fort Howes Endurance Ride this weekend...

Gladys and Dick are busy folding up the silverware packets
for the endurance ride this weekend.

Dick will be cooking for the participants again this year.
His beans are always a hit.

Gladys is looking forward to seeing friends from all over
the world. Maybe she will see you there.

Hark There's a Shepherd's Voice I hear....

Gladys was singing this morning in the tub,

this is the song she sang...

"Hark, theres's the shepherds voice I hear,
Out in the desert dark and drear,
Calling the ones who have gone astray,
Far from the shepherds fold away.

Bring them in,
Bring them in,
Bring them in,
Bring them in from the fields of sin.

Bring the wandering ones to Jesus."

This is one of her favorite songs.

Memorial Day

Sam, Dick and Gladys went to the Valley View Cemetary
today to lay flowers on Joyce's grave.

Memorial Weekend Preparation

Gladys and Dick have been busy making arrangements.

Wednesday, Dick and Ted went to the cemetary in Sheridan
to clean up the grave sites of their relatives. It was
a quiet day for Gladys as she thought about her husband
Merle, her sisters and their spouses and her parents.

Dick said that the road up to the Sheridan Municipal
Cemetary was torn up for the second year in a row.
Dick's father, Merle, is buried at the Elks Cemetary
adjacent to the Sheridan Municipal Cemetary.

Thursday, Dick and Gladys went to Willow Crossing Cemetary
on Otter Creek to lay flowers on Gladys' sister Alice 's grave.
Alice was buried next to her husband Calvin Thex and her young son,
Sonny. Dick put a bright bouquet between the graves.

Peggy went to Valley View Cemetary in Broadus Thursday to
clean up the graves. She took the weed eater with her and went
to town.

Gladys went out to Jack's grave in the yard to look at
the flowers that Dick had decorated it with.
"It looks lovely. See the statue that Dick put here, it reminds me of
Jack when he was young. He was a nice boy.
I miss him, I miss my family." Gladys said tearily.

On Sunday, Dick, and Gladys will meet Sam Lei in Ashland. They
will travel together to the cemetary in Broadus to lay flowers
on Joyce's gravesite.

Gladys in Her Garden

Gladys was out in her garden today watching
Dick and Dulcie plant pansies, petunias
and marigolds. She basked in the sun and
enjoyed listening to the birds sing.

A little wren showed up and told Gladys
all about her nest and the goings on
in the garden.

The vegetable garden is progressing. The
radishes are peeking up, the lettuce is
sprouting. The baby bunnies have been
making nightly raids.

100 Year Old Attends School Board Meeting

Last night Gladys attended the School Board Meeting
at Ashland Public School for District 32 J.

Her nephew, Willie Thex said,
"My Aunt is the oldest attendee at a school board
meeting ever."

Dick and Willie were voted in for another term on
the school board.

Gladys got home way past her bed time.

Checking Seeds

Sunny day, slight breeze moving the branches in the Siberian apple
tree as Gladys checks to see if the tomato seeds that Dick planted have
come up.

"Nothing happening here, seems like they have had enough time to do
something. The flowers sure are pretty. Clark and Pam sent me this
basket with the red gerainium in it. Its so nice to hear the birds
singing. OUU, there goes the dryer. We have to head in and fold clothes"
says Gladys.

Dick has planted Patio Zuchini in pots. There are many trays of tomato
(5 varieties), squash, cantaloupe. and watermelon seeds waiting to come up.
Lots of pots of petunias, pansies, dianthus, tomatoes, and peppers are
waiting for the
nights and the soil to warm up.

There are plans for a rototiller to show up next weekend and get the soil
in the garden tilled up, providing it doesn't rain. Dick is going
to put in enough for Jane and Auggie.