Quote for the Day 6/14/2008
Today was Craig and Rachel's wedding. Rachel is a sister to Dorcas, to whom Shane is engaged to be married on August 9.
Shane (this morning, just before leaving for the wedding) : Well, I think if Craig and Rachel decide to back out, I'd be willing to just step up to the plate and make sure all the preparations will not have been in vain.
Me: Well, that would simplify a few things and complicate quite a few others.
Shane: We contemplated--you know when David asks them to come forward to be married--to say "Doff Ich aw kumma? (May I come too?)"
I thought of this today at "the moment" and barely suppressed a giggle.
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Many of the Kuepfer family relatives live in Canada, and not all the ones who were here for this wedding will come back for Shane and Dorcas's. So we made it a point to meet as many of them as we could. Because they all knew Shane from his having visited with the Kuepfer clan last Christmas in Canada, it was easy to make connections. I think it will be fun to spend more time with them later over the time of the wedding, and as further opportunity arises.
One interesting thing we learned today is that Dorcas's aunt Judy and Shane's aunt Linda served at FMH in Virginia together more than 20 years ago. Judy had no idea of that connection when she met Shane.
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An article in today's local newspaper gives an explanation for the recurrent stormy weather the Midwest is seeing this season. The (a?) jet stream is located high above us, and has been nearly stationary for about a month. When enough moisture is present in the air (It feeds into this area from the Gulf of Mexico.), and two air masses of differing temperatures collide, if the cloud formations build high enough to reach the jet stream, the flowing river of air acts on the "mix" and sets up a rotation pattern. Thus the frequent tornado watches and warnings. In addition, the article said, this pattern will be with us as long as the jet stream is stable above us. So we might have another 30 days or so of this kind of weather--several stormy days and then several calm days again. While this pattern often is present in May in this area, this year it has stayed longer than usual, and shifted the tornado season further into the summer than normal.
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Yesterday, on my way home from town, I could smell that the wheat is very close to being ready to harvest. I wasn't trying to smell it. In fact, I had all the windows rolled up and the air conditioner running. But there it was. That clean, warm, straw-y smell that heralds the harvest. It seems like only a few weeks ago that I looked out the front door of our house and commented on the two-mile-long green "lawn" that began just across the road. Now that "lawn" is a gold shag carpet.
A consequence of the frequent rains, interspersed with sunny days, is the clarity of the atmosphere. The tree row that interrupts the shag carpet two miles away looks nearly as green as the trees in our yard. No dust or moisture in the air colors it gray. It is Fostoria-clear, as a visitor to Kansas once described our air.
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Seen today on a truck: Wet basement? What are you wading for?
Shane (this morning, just before leaving for the wedding) : Well, I think if Craig and Rachel decide to back out, I'd be willing to just step up to the plate and make sure all the preparations will not have been in vain.
Me: Well, that would simplify a few things and complicate quite a few others.
Shane: We contemplated--you know when David asks them to come forward to be married--to say "Doff Ich aw kumma? (May I come too?)"
I thought of this today at "the moment" and barely suppressed a giggle.
***********************************************************
Many of the Kuepfer family relatives live in Canada, and not all the ones who were here for this wedding will come back for Shane and Dorcas's. So we made it a point to meet as many of them as we could. Because they all knew Shane from his having visited with the Kuepfer clan last Christmas in Canada, it was easy to make connections. I think it will be fun to spend more time with them later over the time of the wedding, and as further opportunity arises.
One interesting thing we learned today is that Dorcas's aunt Judy and Shane's aunt Linda served at FMH in Virginia together more than 20 years ago. Judy had no idea of that connection when she met Shane.
***********************************************************
An article in today's local newspaper gives an explanation for the recurrent stormy weather the Midwest is seeing this season. The (a?) jet stream is located high above us, and has been nearly stationary for about a month. When enough moisture is present in the air (It feeds into this area from the Gulf of Mexico.), and two air masses of differing temperatures collide, if the cloud formations build high enough to reach the jet stream, the flowing river of air acts on the "mix" and sets up a rotation pattern. Thus the frequent tornado watches and warnings. In addition, the article said, this pattern will be with us as long as the jet stream is stable above us. So we might have another 30 days or so of this kind of weather--several stormy days and then several calm days again. While this pattern often is present in May in this area, this year it has stayed longer than usual, and shifted the tornado season further into the summer than normal.
***********************************************************
Yesterday, on my way home from town, I could smell that the wheat is very close to being ready to harvest. I wasn't trying to smell it. In fact, I had all the windows rolled up and the air conditioner running. But there it was. That clean, warm, straw-y smell that heralds the harvest. It seems like only a few weeks ago that I looked out the front door of our house and commented on the two-mile-long green "lawn" that began just across the road. Now that "lawn" is a gold shag carpet.
A consequence of the frequent rains, interspersed with sunny days, is the clarity of the atmosphere. The tree row that interrupts the shag carpet two miles away looks nearly as green as the trees in our yard. No dust or moisture in the air colors it gray. It is Fostoria-clear, as a visitor to Kansas once described our air.
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Seen today on a truck: Wet basement? What are you wading for?
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