After almost a month of thirty-minutes a day of working on removing the blackberries, we are DONE!!! Here are some before/after shots. I panned out a bit farther but the little tree in the middle of the before photo is more to the left on the after.
Here is the blackberry corner before and after
The back yard project is not finished, though. More before / after photos to come.....
Fall color is starting to appear. Steve and I took a lovely bike ride along the Bear Creek trail on Friday afternoon and here is a photo....
other highlights of the week:
Steve saw a dentist in Jefferson City on Monday who specializes in root canals. He needed to evaluate the viability of his upper jaw root canals before Dr. Griffin determines how to proceed with his lower jaw now that the nubs have been removed. We had our first over-45 single adult scripture discussion that night. Five individuals came. Hey, we were delighted that anyone came! Going forward, they will be held every other Monday evening.
Tuesday morning was my turn for the dentist. Just routine cleaning but he observed some older fillings that are starting to fail and he suggested I get them replaced sooner than later - before they totally fail and I have pain and infection. So, that will happen next month...
Wednesday morning was the funeral for Gerald Neuffer. He was 97 years old!!! It was a beautiful service - probably one of the best funerals I have ever attended. The music was so nice. The messages were great. He was truly an amazing man. And, it was wonderful to see so many people that we hadn't seen in many years.
Friday we had Melanie over for lunch and Elizabeth Crippen over for dinner. And, inbetween, James Remus (Ricky's brother who also installed all our new interior doors a few years ago) came over to evaluate. He and Ricky, between the two of them, will take care of all our handyman needs as we get the house ready to sell.
Saturday, we drove to Brunswick, Missouri, to buy pecans from King Hill Farms. It was a beautiful drive there and an even more picturesque drive going home on an alternate route. I attended a violin recital in the afternoon and, that night, Steve and I treated ourselves to dinner at Culvers.
Today, at sacrament meeting, I played in a cello trio with two young women in the ward - Mackenzie Moyer and Jenna Morgan. And, we got a new bishopric. You might recognize the fellow on the right. Steven was set apart as the first counselor. We are so happy and proud of him.
Movie report: We watched "Stan and Ollie" on Wednesday. A delightful movie. We saw "Next" on Netflix on Friday. It was fairly good but it had some discrepancies that were annoying. And, Nicholas Cage's toupe back in 2007 was terrible. And we watched "All Is True" last night. It was all right. I love Kenneth Branagh and Judy Dench and the subject matter was the last years of William Shakespeare. Should have been a win, right? But, it was a bit depressing.
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