Lena Illinois summer gathering

Don Brandt and Chet Johnson

Don Harper and Ron Pearce

Donna Brandt and Irma Johnson

Neil Houzenga and Les Alt

Harpers new motorhome

Mary caught cleaning

Magnolia Sunday

Well today was the first Sunday for Church in Magnolia for the new season.....It surely seems like a long time since we had Church in the park....The attendance was small to start out as most of the Magnolia Family is still up NORTH and not cold enough to start south yet it seems....That's all right as it won't be too long till they start coming in.....

Pastor Stacy gave a great sermon today to start the season....The lesson today came from the Book of Isaiah ,  chapter 30, starting with verse 15....The theme was "Don't be Tempted to Return to the Old Ways"....This is talking about how the people were wanting to return to Egypt and the troubles that the Lord had just brought them out of....Pastor was telling us that as the Lord brings his people from troubles in their life, we shouldn't  be so ready to return to the past life....A great lesson to study and think on for sure....

As a foot note we were talking today about Eva and Floyd Foote and was wondering just how they were doing.... So if anyone knows please contact Barbara or me so we can let people know...I will be able to write about one more Sunday service before I go to sergery for my second knee....It will be on Monday the 26th...I would aprecciate a little prayer as I under take this....I had prayer for the first one and am doing very well....It has been 6 weeks so time to start again....

About Eva Foote-by Jackie Dobson

Just wanted to let you know that Eva Foote had a stroke 1 wk ago. Floyd and Eva are in the cresco care center so Eva can do rehab. She can now sip liq and get it down. She can walk, but has some problems with eating and her arm. Will let you know any further information when I visit with their children at a later date. I do not have everyone's address at my fingertips. No other news

Drought Picture

I thought you might like to see a map of the drought situation. Interesting and horrifying. Click on Picture to enlarge.

Wildeman's 60th Anniversary is today!!

Art & Mary Ann Wildeman are having a 60th wedding Anniversary party this weekend. Even though it is short notice I am sure they would not mind if you dropped in  and if you would like to send a card their address is
Art & Mary Ann Wildeman,
 27808 300th Street 
Bigelow, MN,56117
Happy Anniversary Art and Mary!!!!

Surprise Birthday Party for George Morgan

And those of us who could not be there wish you a happy birthday too, George!!

RV backing?

A Lesson for us all...Rvers that is. But could be useful for anyone who needs to guide someone into a parking space.

RV backing? Get on same signal "wavelength.": 'via Blog this'

Illinois picnic

This is our group from the Illinois Summer Reunion taken Saturday,
Aug. 19, 2011, at Le Qua Na State Park just north of Lena IL. I know
Marty Harper was going to send you some pictures also, so post the
best ones....

Bill and Dory were there, and looking good.

Names to go with faces will be forthcoming so check back later.

Link of the Day: Still Tasty

Although we don't want to endanger anyone with food that is not safe,
some food is safer longer than we realize. At StillTasty, you can learn
the difference between 'sell by,' 'best before.' and 'expires on' dates
and how long something will keep in your fridge or freezer along with
tips for food safety and extending food life spans. The site also has a
large database and a Q&A section.

The ultimate shelf life guide http://stilltasty.com/

News to be announced (old)

The Christmas parade is scheduled for Wednesday the 16th at 4:30. Line up the carts at 4:00 with the parade commencing at 4:30. Supper and entertainment to follow in Allen Hall. Rain is scheduled but we hope they are wrong this time.

H.E.B.'s Feast of Sharing is next Saturday the 19th from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM Location is at 200 S Illinois Street in Weslaco. H.E.B. does a fine job of feeding a huge number of their customers every holiday. There will be many of us going from Magnolia park. There always is!!

PS: Old drafts can even be amusing!!

Cock Fighting

We went to a cock fighting area, located behind the street. Many pens of pretty roosters, also some hens with chicks. The man raises the roosters to fight. He sells the roosters for $200! This rooster was swinging on a swing in his pen. The area where they fight was an enclosed ring that looked like a small grain bin. For $200, you better hope your bird lasts longer than a few minutes!!! We did not see them fight, which was fine with most of us!

Kay Voss wrote the above paragraph and I thought it was interesting even without the pictures.

Lois is transported!!

There is a video of Lois Terryn on Facebook. VERY funny. You can find it here.
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1517825261795
Unfortunately you have to be a Facebook user and sign in to see it.

Blue Hall Ladies

These women can be can be found in the Blue Hall nearly every evening playing cards. Pictured from the left seated are Erma Cleaveland,Vera Salmon,Vivi Piche, Kitti Toomire,Eula Henderson and Charlotte Nigh
Standing Leslie Cleaveland, Norma Cooklin, May Gehman

The game sometimes changes but the ladies stay the same.

From Kay Voss drafts

"Mission Accomplished"................George Bush, his foot on Saddam

Drafts

I found a bunch of posts in "drafts". What that means is they did not make it into the blog. Could be many reasons for that; I was interrupted and then forgot, the Internet was not working right for me, I didn't like the looks of it etc. Anyway, I plan to wade through all 40 of them and see if any are worthy of posting. So if you see something and it seems out of context that would be because it was hanging around in drafts.

Ergen's 50th

The parakeet

Last winter Susan and Myron Van Houweling had a parakeet  in the tree outside their motorhome. It stayed in the vicinity for several days. Leroy Misfeldt was able to get this picture of the pretty little bird.

From the Hannewalds

 Friends and Family.....Thank-you all so very much for the wonderful birthday cards you  sent. We were so surprised ! We could hardly wait to get to the post office each day to collect our stack of cards and then return home and enjoy reading them together. 
We received over 50 cards ! You all made our birthday even more special by your thoughtfulness.....Thanks from the bottom of our hearts...
Love, 
Dorothy and Dick Hannewald   
(P.S. Here is a picture of us at one of our favorite places )

Joe and Cheryl Raleigh

Cheryl and Joe Raleigh have been dealing with many health related issues this summer and can sure use our prayers. And being the Magnolia family that we are I know we will do so.

Jeanie Blunk has passed away from a stroke. Reported to me by Russell Swygman; Jeanie was his cousin. She used to own the mobile that Karl and Carol Kapke now live in.

Herb Jones

Please keep Herb Jones in your prayers.  He is in the hospital with an infection and had a reaction to some antibotics.  Thanks to all the Magnolia family.  Marie

Peaches!

We went to get our yearly supply of peaches again. We only got about 750 pounds this time. Pictured is just 1 row of boxes, more rows in dining room and kitchen. Most of these are sold, I keep about 200 pounds for us. So in case you were wondering what I am doing.....canning peaches and answering the door for peach pick-up! You should smell this place!!!! Yummmy

IT'S HOT HERE!!

Amazing Technology!

3D Printer.... pretty amazing

This printer can reproduce an actual tool!

unbelievable!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZboxMsSz5Aw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Cooklin's swan photos

Great pictures Norma!!

Weekend videos

Boone Trip:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N8SH_lMfak Boone Toys:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdYddnq8IyU Meat Eater:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxhIwS5hqVc

This third video is a wonder. This tiny little baby girl is a major eater. I cannot believe the amounts of food she eats. Her parents order her a meal to herself when they eat out and she is 14 months old! Another phenomenon in my book is that she loves meat and eats a ton of it. This third video would make a great commercial for the Iowa Beef Producers. She snitched the steak from her mothers plate.

Hot, Hot, Hot in the midwest

Dear Magnolia Park Family

  Dear Magnolia Park Family....my parents, Dorothy and Dick Hannewald will be celebrating their 85th ( Mom ) and 90th ( Dad ) birthdays on August 6th ( same day, different years ....as Mom reminds us ! ). Since most of their dear friends are scattered all over the country , it would be hard to have a birthday party.....so I thought I would have a " birthday card" party......so if you would like to send them a card on this special day...I know they would love it....I'm keeping this a surprise....they love to get mail....their address is P.O. Box 6...Thompsonville, MI 49683.....Thanks so much in advance....P.S. They became great-great grandparents this week....Ada Marie...6 lbs 10 oz....19 1/2".....short, like the rest of us !!!  Hope you are all having a great summer.....! Judie Mathews...( their daughter )

From a park resident- Guess who??

 I have found a great recipe for dishwasher soap!  I love it, our water is so hard here, even with a softener.   It works great, no film on glasses.....

2 cups of Washing Soda
2 cups of Borax
1 cup of salt
4 packs of unsweetened lemonade Koolaide

I'm guessing the Koolaide provides the citric acid needed to keep the film off the glassware.  Salt softens or scrubs the dishes?  Anyway I am very happy with this, beats Cascade hands down.   I used to just use the soda and borax,  but it left a film on things. 

From Sharon Hvam

Barb

I was finishing up reading the Sunday Star Tribune today when I noticed Dale's obituary in the paper. He and Hazel lived where Larry Ergen now lives in Magnolia Park before they moved to San Juan Gardens(i believe) and I thought many of the long time residents of Magnolia might like to know about this, so wondered if you could post it.

Dale Mohn 83, died Friday, June 24,2011 at Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen,Texas. Inurnment will take place at 1pm Thursday July 14,2011, at Fort Snelling National Cemetary in Minneapolis,Minnesota. A reception honoring the life of Dale will follow the inurnmentat the American Legion in Richfield Mn. It did not give an address for her.

 

Thanks

Sharon

Cost to Drive

This was on TV news tonight!   Go to costtodrive.com    Put in the info asked for, and they figure how much it will cost to drive to wherever you want to go!   Neat info.....Kay


Barb says-" Yes, but do we really want to know?"

Harper's visit Pearces

Don and Marty Harper visited Ron and Chris on their boat. Our camper overlooked the Mississippi. Read the sign. We had a great time. thanks Ron and Chris

From Marie Flood on the 4th

We celebrated Dottie and Sandy's Birthdays as well as the 4th.
Hope everyone had a good 4th.