Misty Moist Morning

We've had several mornings like this in the last two weeks. I like it.

The Dorothy hike was canceled. We would have had to wade through chest high grass and step over sopping wet deadfall.

This weekend, I discovered under my bed a box of genealogy material that I had forgotten - estate packets, wills, military discharges, civil war pension records. They were records that were too long to fit in the other box of genealogy records that I took to Ohio and June - just tucked away under the bed and completely unheeded for years!

I need to make a list of all that's in the box and especially check that I extracted info from a great great grandmother's civil war pension application. Then I will ship the box off to the Ohio Genealogical Society to be added to their collection. This morning I called the library director to advise him of such and talk about someone being low key - no enthusiasm or interest at all. I just hope my donation doesn't all end up in the incinerator but I guess I should have more faith! My hope is that some future researcher will benefit from it and that my relatives in Ohio won't curse my name for donating, in addition to other records, death certificates of their loved ones.

The only reason I discovered the box is that I finally finished a composition book journal (it took two years!) and was tucking it in the journals' storage box under the bed. That's why I haven't written much in Oatswild lately.

Walked yesterday with spouse on FR181/American Springs Road. He actually talked some on the hike. Storm clouds were in the area and it poured in North Community, daughter told us later, but no rain fell on us.

Took daughter and son in law to Origami to celebrate daughter's birthday. I asked if they could make brown rice sushi rolls but it would have cost $3 extra for each roll which is extravagant. I ordered a whole bowl of brown rice for $3 - plus, got cucumber salad, seaweed salad, 12 pieces sashimi, miso soup and house salad. Didn't realize it came with miso soup and house salad. Bought some seaweed salad home because it was an enormous amount. Also had two asparagus tempura and two broccoli florets tempura. Ate quite a lot but enjoyed it all.

Nephew may be on his way here. According to Facebook posts, he's out west - was in Denver this weekend - but so far, he's not deigned to advise us exactly when he's stopping by here. Ah, to be young, footloose and fancy free again!