Life Goes On. Robins Hatch!

Today is a new sunny day and the robin's eggs have hatched. Keith took a quick picture of the babies this morning. More to come as they grow.

Pictures of the Opera House..upstairs before...

These are some pictures taken by the Historical Society of Edgerton. We were hoping to restore the building and use the Opera House upstairs. Hope you enjoy seeing what it was and imagine what it was many years ago when constructed in 1880. They had many plays etc up there. The stage and balcony were still intact. When I worked there, I used to climb those beautiful staircases...one on each side.. to the upstairs to store records. I would look in at the stage and imagine what it was like before years ago. One picture is names written on the wall...by the ticket sales for the opera house...it was behind my office when I was the utility clerk. It was fun to read what people wrote. Some simply signed their name and the date. You can see the ceiling in one of the pictures. (the 4th one) And if you look at one I posted earlier of the hole in the building, you can see that the ceiling is still there. It has an elaborate painting on it. In the last picture, you can see the balcony. Most people in the village have never seen the upstairs. That is sad.

More pictures of the "microburst" in Edgerton

The national weather service has concluded that it was not a tornado, but a microburst with 100 plus mph winds that destroyed the town hall in Edgerton. I feel so bad about the building, but so thankful for no loss of life. Still no Myrtle. Keep hoping. Found no remains or feathers or anything...so I am hopeful that she is OK somewhere. I am also happy that they are going to reconstruct "Clem" and he will once again stand watch over Edgerton. Our residents have been at odds with each other over saving the town hall or destroying it. God has made that decision for us. I was one who wanted it saved. It could have been restored to a beautiful old building. The Opera House upstairs with the balcony and stage could have been used again....but that is not to be. I hope that they make a nice park or fountain or something there where it stood.

More pictures - June 24, 2010

Here are a few more pictures.

Storm Damage to the Town Hall in Edgerton

Today I went to Edgerton to see the damage to the Town Hall. I had heard that the roof had blown off, but I was not prepared to see the heartbreaking damage that was done. It appeared as if the building just imploded from the inside. The opera house upstairs had both the north and south walls blown out. The flea market across the street had its wall blown out on the east side and the windows broken out on the south side. I worked in the Town Hall for nine years and I just wanted to cry. The flag pole was bent at an odd angle, but the flags still flew. Our civil war monument, Clem, was broken into peices. He is in the tree mess looking through the bandstand in the one photo. That was also hard to take. We are hoping it can be repaired and put back up.

I had dominos club here last night and it rained very hard and the wind blew. We did not go to the basement although I told them we could if they wanted. Just one and a half miles north and about a mile south there was damage to some businesses in the industrial park. The most damage was on Indiana and Lynn Streets. When we looked out in the morning, our chicken enclosure (a 6 x 12 dog run) was not visable from the house. It had blown over behind the garage and was bent up but Keith could repair it. The chicken coop was on it's side and five of our chickens were in the back yard. Our favorite chicken, Myrtle, was no where to be found. I go out and check every once in a while...but no Myrtle. I will post a picture of her, she was both of our favorite's chicken. When we decided which ones to have dressed. We both said....not Myrtle. Silly, I know.

Kraig's Birthday-Father's Day-New Camera

Happy 14th Birthday Kraig. Here is a picture of Kraig with his cake. They went to see Toy Story 3 in 3-D and really enjoyed it. Also a picture of Kurt & family on their "limo" golf cart. I posted some pictures of my garden...green beans with pepper on the left and pickles. The first picture is of me with the pine tree that Kevin planted when it was like a pencil at our home. We moved it every time we moved and the last move was to the lake. It is now taller than the cabin!

Robin's Nest

Last night when I got home from a meeting, Keith told me there was a robin's nest in a tree we planted last year. He said that there were two eggs in it, so of course I had to go out and take a peek. I went out today and now there are three eggs! We are trying not to use the side door into the garage as it is right beside the tree. I hope I will be able to report that we have three baby birds some day. They are calling for storms tonight. Hope the nest goes untouched.