june 12, 2014

Here it is Tuesday morning and what a beautiful morning it is. I usually do a quick walk-a-bout after my morning coffee and today Ann Winter, who is a morning walker, stopped by to join me. That's one nice thing about living in a small community, everyone chats. The irises are beginning to open and the peonies are in full bloom which brings waves of perfume while making my rounds. The garden is coming along, growing inches every day, at least whatever the cutworm isn't getting. Dave has added cucumber and watermelon plants due to those hungry critters: thank goodness the greenhouses still have some items. I am grateful to the ladies who called and give me information regarding the cactus photo last week. It was much appreciated and I've googled the orchid cactus for more information.

Fast runners
Some of Rosenfeld's former students did very well at the provincial track and field meet which was held in Winnipeg on June 6 & 7. Congratulations go to Nick Klassen, Erica Heppner and Thomas Wolfe on their achievements at the meet.

Baseball
There are families who go from cheering at the ice-rinks to cheering at the baseball diamonds almost overnight. One such family is Russ and Gladys Klassen. Brett went from playing with the Winkler Flyers to the Bison team while the other son, Angus moved from the Altona Maroons to taking the assistant coach position with the Bison's. Good luck for the season.

School update
The Rosenfeld School picnic will be held Wednesday, June 18.
A year-end celebration will be held Thursday, June 26 at 9 a.m. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Progress report
Okay, what's to say about the last trip to the surgeon? The  CT scan showed that the left ankle is bone on bone and will need surgery sooner than originally planned. There is a change in the surgery due to this prognosis which results in the ankle needing to be fused. The decision is entirely mine and hinges on how much pain I can tolerate and my coming to grips with the fact that my ankle will no longer bend. My thinking is let this take place, the sooner the better because I'm not going to miss going to Mexico another winter. My next appointment is the beginning of August so till then I'll hobble around the best I can. I was so sorry to miss the Mitchell garage sale which had become an annual activity.
But I have an angel, Carol Schroeder, who takes me for drives and Monday we travelled to Reinfeld to see friends Peter and Katharina Fot. The Fots had made a trip to Germany to see family and I'm always interested in travel stories. Carol and I enjoyed the brunch and friendship and made our way home not needing lunch.
A note to all my faithful readers - I will not have a column next week. I'm going on a mini-vacation to my sister Eva's house in Selkirk.