Pat’s Bits & Pieces- Summer events are here
After a chilly weekend, it seems the warm weather highlighting this great month of May is back again. Mother Nature sure played a trick on us late last week, with snow flurries here and even a light dusting reported on the ground in Harrison. That late frost last weekend killed the flowers on our fickle Magnolia tree again, but at least we had a week-long show of gorgeous blooms to enjoy this year. That’s two years in a row! Now those flowers are all brown again, but the lilacs and flowering crab trees are just beginning. May is definitely a [...]
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Pat’s Bits & Pieces- And so it begins…
The beginning of the summer season is now just two short weeks away. I know, I know, the calendar says summer starts June 21st, but let’s face it; the season really starts with Memorial Day weekend… All three Clare County schools will hold graduation ceremonies on May 19. The school year ends shortly after that, then it is officially the best time of year – summer vacation time! For the Maurer’s it’s when our camping time begins and I can hardly wait – especially with all of this beautiful weather we have been enjoying lately. Every time I see campers [...]
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Pat’s Bits & Pieces- It’s May – the best month of the year!
I’m afraid to say it very loud, but with temperatures in the low 80s today (My thermometer says 83 degrees), I think we are having a preview of summer. That is a perfect beginning for the best month of the year. It seems hard to believe that just over a week ago it was snowing. That’s Michigan I guess. May has arrived again. Hard to believe that it is here already. You know what that means – from here to July will only seem like a week or two and from here to September 1st will seem like a short [...]
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Pat’s Bits & Pieces- Promises of warmer weather
Pat Maurer, Review Correspondent Another yucky week has gone by, weather wise, with rain showers and cold cloudy weather out here on the Tobacco. After spending a couple of hours watching a Middle School track meet in a cold steady rain in Beaverton Tuesday afternoon and waking up this morning to a yard, and deck covered with almost an inch of snow, I was beginning to wonder when we are going to get some actual, honest to God, real spring weather. On Facebook this morning both Lynn Grim and Jaynie Hoerauf posted some (?) beautiful pictures of trees covered with [...]
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Pat’s Bits & Pieces- The aftermath of a tragedy
Pat Maurer, Review Correspondent Monday was a terrible day for everyone in Boston and we have been watching in horror as events unfolded. What a horrible way for the Boston Marathon to end. Three deaths and hundreds injured with many of those critically injured. People all over the country watched those bombs explode over and over again on the news and the internet. Tragedy always seems to bring Americans together regardless of religion or lifestyles. Thousands around the world have sent their prayers and support on Facebook posts to those poor families hit by this terrible tragedy. No one can [...]
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