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Winter! Snow! Wind! Cold! Winter! What else can we expect? Some people have decided to embrace the changes in the weather for each season. I must be one of them since I’m not going south to get out of it. But I’m not looking forward to this next week of sub-zero highs. Kenny Clark and North Country repair held their customer appreciation day on Friday. Many people stopped in for chili and sticky buns for lunch. Cindy Clark and I went to a WaterColor Paint party in Malta on Friday night. The...
I hope most of you noticed the full moon this last week. It was huge and bright! I was a guest of Lumsdens on Tuesday evening for dinner. Alice Bartz of France made a quiche Lorraine. It was great! Then for dessert we had French brownie Sundaes! Alice stopped by on Friday for a final goodbye. She is flying back to France on Sunday. Cindy Clark treated her family to the Polar Express Train trip in Lewistown this weekend! Becca and Robert met her and Kenny’s family on Friday evening. The train r...
So far, we have a white December out here at Loring! Not a huge amount but a nice blanket. My sister Debbie drove up from Billings for a few days! We went to the Phillips County Museums Festival of Trees and really enjoyed seeing some friends whom I haven’t seen in a while! The table decorations were so beautiful! And the auction items were superb! Congrats to the artists! We also saw Carol Lumsden and Alice Bartz, who is visiting from France. Saturday Cindy Clark came over for lunch. We had a...
Last month of 2022, that year zoomed by! I guess it speeds up as I get older. I hope everyone has a safe and blessed Christmas! Cindy Clark and I went to Malta on Monday to pick up some things we might have forgotten for Thanksgiving dinner. We went to see the festival of trees entries at the Phillips County Museum. The entries are very impressive! I hope everyone had a satisfying Thanksgiving holiday! Amanda Hendrix and Matthew Eads of Dickinson, ND were weekend guests for me. Matthew did the...
I had the best time watching those eastern bluebirds this past week. They have all taken off for warmer areas and I hope they stop again another year. Congratulations to the jamboree girls North Country for winning third place. Brytin Clark played from here. Now the high school teams are practicing and soon they’ll be competing too! Tina and Chuck Russell are the proud grandparents of Malcolm. He’s a month old and Tina is soaking up all the snuggles she can. Congratulations! I spent the wee...
Oh my goodness, you loyal readers, you won’t believe this! I’ve been watching five little birds for nearly a week now. At first, I wasn’t sure what kind they were, the sunlight makes it harder to see the color. But they are eastern bluebirds! Yes! I’ve tried to get a good photo, but just can’t get close enough to get a good one. They roost in the eves of the roof over the deck, all cuddled together. I certainly have been blessed by these colorful birds! The North Country Mavericks earned th...
The moon is waxing at half-moon tonight! It will be growing until it is full. The bright light close to it is Jupiter. So pretty! The Mavericks are in the divisional tourney at Culbertson this weekend! So far, they have played very well! Cindy Clark and I went to Havre on Tuesday for an eye appointment. I need a driver after I’ve had my eyes dilated, and Cindy seems to enjoy it! A special garden fairy dug up all the gladiolus bulbs at Casandra Harms! What a nice thing to do! I certainly e...
The northern lights were really bright one day this week. Of course, they could have been out every night, but I just saw them once! I met an old friend in Malta for lunch on Thursday and gave her a tour of the museum. She loved it! Cindy Clark treated us to a movie at the Loring Hall on Sunday evening. She has a projector, so she put up black bags on the windows, wrangled a screen, and made popcorn with butter! I counted 18 people at the movie in their blankets or special chairs. The movie was...
Last weekend the weather was cool and windy. When Monday came around the weather was perfect fall days through Thursday! Friday was cool and windy and then the nice rain came in the night and hung around all day. The snow started early Sunday morning with lots of wind and it’s still coming down! I’m thinking that old Man Winter won this one from Mother Nature! Condolences to the Carol Williams’ family. Carol passed away Friday morning. She is Lu Besel’s sister. The family of Linda Berg had a h...
My sisters, Debbie and Dee, and brother, Scott arrived on Thursday! Debbie had part of her family with her, Sienna, Ayden, and Beau. On Friday we went to the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum. Ross Cowan met us there also, as he arrived from Colorado. We had dinner in Malta on Thursday, and on Friday everyone came to my house for steak and burgers. By then the count was 20! On Saturday more relatives and friends were arriving, and we all met at the Loring Hall for a celebration of 106 years of...
I have heard the Sandhill cranes as they fly over on their way south several days this week! On Saturday the Andrew Flansaas Suicide Awareness memorial run drew a crowd of participants to the Loring area. Randy Stenvic bused the runners to the starting line 3.1 miles from Loring. The youngest participant was just 7 weeks old, Lyla Harms! Several people volunteered to sign people up and time, then some drove along beside the runners to provide water or encouragement! Pete Lumsden had his horse te...
Welcome October and thank you for the nice bit of rain! The cottonwood tree in my yard finally decided it really was fall and the leaves started turning a beautiful lemon yellow and falling on the lawn! I guess the grasshoppers don’t care for cottonwood leaves. A group of ladies and several children met at Whitney Blunt’s for a nail party with Rana Jesson on Friday. It was a rousing party! Pete and Carol Lumsden, Gene and Cindy Compton, and Alan and Connie Wasson enjoyed a ride on the Cha...
What a perfect way for fall to begin! Temps in the 70s, a little breezy, had rain showers one day, night skies are fairly clear. I’ve seen quite a few migratory birds this week. Geese, yellow rumped warblers, goldfinches, lots of hawks, a couple of eagles, bald and golden. Cindy Clark and I went down to Slippery Ann to view the elk bugling. We saw four bulls and about fifty cows and young ones. We went in the middle of the week so not so many people. An added bonus, we got to see about 15 t...
The leaves left on the trees are gradually turning golden. I guess I can’t hold it off anymore! The temperatures have been in the 70’s, which is nice, too. Cindy Clark took in the volleyball games in Whitewater and Saco this week! She has taken a great liking to the game! An eagle has been hanging around on one of the poles close to my home. I think it’s a young bald eagle or a young golden. Lu Besel and I met in Malta on Friday for dinner at the Hitching Post! It was a Chinese meal. Delic...
We will never forget! This date rings out in my memory with great sadness! Twenty-one years ago, our country was attacked by terrorists! Mother Nature let us have a taste of fall by lowering the temperature for a few days. It felt chilly to me but also refreshing! Lu Besel and I went to Malta on Wednesday evening for a patio party at Anne Boothe’s home as a farewell party for Cary Woodruff. He will be missed at the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum. I drove across the sag to Turner on Friday to m...
September came in hotter than ever! Our skies were quite clear until the 4th, when clouds and smoke rolled in. It was really thick and smelly! The smoke is from fires in Oregon, and the other side of the divide. I hope the firefighters can get those fires out soon! My sister Debbie drove up from Billings to spend time with me. We were invited to Cindy Clark’s for dinner on Friday. Carol Lumsden also enjoyed the special birthday dinner for me, Dixie Stordahl! Carol and Pete Lumsden took a pair o...
I’m so happy the Goldfinches are back. I’m not sure where they went but my sunflower seeds are ripening now so the gold and black birds are taking advantage of them. Cindy Clark has a new puppy! Tula is a border collie, and she is very busy! Cindy and Ryan took a drive to Turner on Friday with a flywheel. Tula rode along also and was very good in the pickup! Cindy and grandson Ryan had lunch at the Turner Bar. They reported that it was delish! Porcupines are traveling through the area also. How...
Wishing all the county school-age kids a great learning experience this year! Welcome to the newest resident in Loring, Lyla Harms was born on Friday to Casandra and Levi Harms! She is the sister of Alex Harms. The farmers are harvesting what crops they have and hoping to at least make their seed back for next year. Cindy Clark spent a few days in Great Falls with her daughter and son-in-law. She was able to attend some of the Russell Art Show. Chris McMullen entered the BBQ competition in...
School is starting for most of the county's school-aged children this week! I hope everyone has a great year! I spent a few days in Billings with my son’s family and Debbie. Brandie and I took Rocco to Bozeman to stay with Jake and his family for the weekend. It was a pretty drive and Jake and Jazel were great hosts! Brentton, Abby and Zayden, Jeannie and Zoey, and Debbie joined us for dinner on Thursday. The temperature was really up there even at night. But on Saturday a nice torrential r...
Harvest is in full swing around here. The crops are short but at least there is grain to put in the granary. The weather was very hot with a hot wind but then cooled off on Saturday. Just perfect weather for the Phillips County Fair! I went up to Dodson for entry day and again on Saturday for breakfast and to check out the exhibits. Kudos to the Fair Board for making lemonade out of lemons with the total destruction of all the display areas and grandstand. The area looked very nice. I worked at...
The end of July left us with really warm temps, a hot wind, and 24% humidity! The wind was so hot on Saturday I feared a grass fire starting up and zipping over the hills! Thank heaven it didn’t happen! The new family of flycatchers has hatched. Momma is flying in and out with insects in her mouth for the little ones. I’m not sure how many hatched, but there were four eggs when I counted them earlier. I thought some had been gone but now I’m not so sure! . The 4-H kids have been busy getting the...
What a wonderful day for the Sunday Funday in Loring. The sun was shining, and a slight breeze was keeping the temperature down a bit. The people were either soaking up the rays or staying in the shade. The kids were climbing the water slides over and over again, and sliding down as quickly as possible! The food was awesome! Grilled burgers for lunch and pulled pork for supper! The community ladies brought salads and desserts! No church at the Loring Lutheran next Sunday. Walker Olson of...
Nature’s furnace has been on high this past week! The crops are ripening to a golden color. The peas are getting hardened up also. Seems a bit early to me but with the lack of moisture to begin with and then the heat, it happens. The flycatchers have started another clutch of eggs. I was quite surprised to see four eggs in the nest that is on the deck! Those little birds really catch the flies and moths. Good luck to the little momma! This will be the first year two batches hatched out! Lu B...
In Loring we had two really big storms this week. The rain fell, the wind howled, branches cracked off, the shingles flapped! According to my resource, we got one inch and two tenths in Loring. Up on the Bench, the total from the two nights was 2.25 inches! It’s all welcome! Last week I ran into an old friend of mine in Glasgow! It was so fun to see Billie Jo and her husband Wayne Norcutt! Have a great summer! Jeanie Green celebrated the 4th of July with me at lunch. That evening I watched t...
The flycatcher babies have fledged! The sky around my Russian olives and the deck was very active with the flying newbies! Now I just have to wash the deck below their nest! Vacation Bible School at Malta Lutheran was a focal point this week for several families in this area. Cindy Clark helped lead the gospel lesson and took her Grandkids in to attend. Mylee was a junior counselor. Carol Lumsden took her grandkids in to attend and picked up the Norville girls also. Paula Morrison took...
