surpise

We had a good rain storm yesterday for twenty minutes or so but it came down hard and water started running everwhere can't wait till the rainy season.
We did have a bit of a surprise when we got to the institute today a tarantula was on the wall by the door and boy did mom jump when she saw it.
I have been waiting all week to spray weeds and held off cause the forcast was for rain. Well yesterday I did spray and three hours later it was pouring. I don't think anything died darn it.
As you can see we are also having the desert bloom pretty but don't get to close when trying to smell it. besides they mostly stink.
Love dad

Saturday

Saturday we went for a drive to Arizona to Thatcher where they are building the new Temple I guess the place is really Central we drove over the burrow mountains with very winding slow turns and came back on the road to Lordsburg which was alot faster. It was a nice drive but hot and we were glad to get back to Silver City.
Not much else to report on this week.
The wooden building I think is a Stake house the other I think is the temple but I am not sure . Jacobsen is the general and we have done a few jobs with them. the sign said visitors welcome but the gate said stay out I would have gone in if I knew the forman.
Talk to you all later

wedding

Well it is a short time we got to be home. It seems surreal to be back in Avon for a so short of time with the sky being gray and rain falling. Everthing was so green and very cool must of been in the forty's. We even started a fire in the wood stove and turned on the furnace one morning.
We had a great time seeing friends, relatives, and our kids. It was fun to see Sara and Cordell get married. I think you will agree.
We are glad to be back to Silver City for now it does seem like home and where we should be and we would like to have all you here with us then this would be perfect.

End of May.
Mom and I went for a ride last Sat. we traveled from Silver City up the Membres valley to the Junction with the road to the cliff dwellings. We stopped at Lake Roberts it is a small lake with bass and trout the water has lots of weeds and looks a lot like mud Lake. there were alot of people fishing. a funny thing happened while we were there a couple from El Paso came with a small boat and new trailer. They had been getting their boat to the lake in the back of the truck. Two weeks ago they bought a trailer. well after backing in the wife was holding on to the rope and the husband started to pull the trailer out so far so good except you have to get the boat all the way off the trailer if you want to keep the boat in the water. Luckly someone stopped the husband before it got too far down the road. I usally just sank the boat instead.
We stopped for lunch which turnout to be breakfast instead at a place that had humming birds all over the place. It looked just like home. we didn't take one picture at the restraunt.
We also have more tomatoes growning we also have a bunny that now knows where everything in the garden is.
See you in a minute
Love Dad

Blues Festival

Here it is the last of May and again Silver City is having another event. The Blues Festival has quite the following with bikers, hippies, (old ones), young and old a like taking part of the Friday through Sunday activities. A large gathering took place each day and the music was pretty good. Sis Lowery said she could listen to it better than Nate King Cole. Well it was pretty good.
WE also went for a ride Sat out to a place called the City of the Rocks which is alot smaller than the one in Idaho. We also went on around to a valley called the Minbres Valley and it had green trees, cotton woods, Pine, and Juniper the stream didn't have much water but the under ground had to be very shallow to have as much greenery as was there.
We took a couple of shots of the Harleys , Rocks, and the closed mine it is interesting what the mind looks like.
Our garden is still coming along with potatos growning and the tomatos having blooms I hope we get some fruit soon.
We also had some good T-stroms and the water gets runing quick down the streets. Cant wait till the Monsoon season.
Love Dad

Garden?

Thought I would show a little of our Garden. We have planted a couple of times cause the birds think we are providing a meal for them. It wouldn't be so bad but they only pull out the shoot nibble on it and not even eat the seed.
WE have learned that plants that are started don't get eaten at least by the birds I think maybe the bunnies and deer will take care of that latter.
It gives me something to do at six am and then at night to see how everthing is going.
Really I don't get up till 6:15.
We are having a great week. the College is done today. The High school is done Sunday. The new Kids are coming on Sunday and we will have a ball.
We had transfers Wed. and Lost Elder Christensen and got Elder Jones. What fun we have.
Love You All
Dad

Closed Mile

Yesterday being Sat. our P-day we went to the races all day plus shopping and baking getting ready for Sunday as we have invited all the graduating seniors from the three wards and two branches to attend today this being Sunday.
Yesterday we watched the different races from different places around the course and this by far is the best for spectators to see more than a small glimps of the race. We don't know who won Levi and Lance were up towards the front when on the second to last lap there was a wreck on the second turn one of the Mellow Yellow Johnny riders went down with a group of others and Armstrong about stopped on stop of the hill by us to see what had happened then on the last lap it happened again on the same spot with one rider really getting his knee hurt when we saw it it had already turned black and blue and had alot of blood still on the leg. He did get up and was able to walk. I don't remember which team he was riding for he was dressed in green.
Well I better get going.
Love Dad

I did take about Five hundred pictures. Mom Took some Video