By Dan Dauw
Geneseo Current
Koi For Your Pond
Tim Lee Shreve and his wife will be moving to Missouri in July. They have Koi fish in their decorative pond that they can’t take with them. He wants to sell them before they leave. He will deliver them to a Geneseo address.
Depending on the size of the fish, they range from $45-$225.00. They are 12” – 14” in length. If you are interested, his e-mail address is: tim_lee_bonsai@yahoo.com
Note: There is a line under the first space and also the second space in the e-mail.
Geneseo Ikes Meeting
The Geneseo Izaak Walton League will have their May meeting on Monday, May13, 2024, at the Ikes Lodge beginning at 7 p.m. The guest speaker will be Jamie Posateri, Conservation Police Officer. Refreshments will be held after the meeting.
Gardening
With health issues it was really tough on Lorna and myself doing all the outside work we usually enjoy doing. I don’t see how we can do all the work next spring. We’re flower nuts and so we do more chores then we need to. Last year we put in 70 tomato plants, but we cut back to 26 this time.
We also put in beans (Ha! Rabbit food), peppers and onions. I no longer can use the lawn mower so we bought another lawn tractor from B&B. One for the front, one for the back.
We have a resident snake that has to come out from hiding to monitor what we are doing on his turf. I hooked up a sprinkler to our split rail fence. Our next door neighbor, Jim Putnam, has their garden next to ours so this way I can water both our gardens. Jim has been a great help to us.
Orioles
Neighbors, Jim & Jeannine Putnam, feed birds like we do. There is one species, Orioles, that do not want to share feeders and only frequent the Putnam’s feeder. Yes, we do the Welch’s grape jelly and oranges thing. Well awe be darn, a few days ago we had two of the orangey colored birds pay us a visit.
I told Jim that I’m going to make a sign by our feeder that will read, “HEY, ORIOLES! OVER HERE!! OUR JELLY IS BETTER THAN THEIRS!”
That Midwestern Mom
We really like to watch the lady from Minnesota on Facebook. She is soooo funny! I’m surprised some TV network hasn’t signed her up for her own comedy show.
Youth Fishing Derby
Second reminder! The Geneseo Ikes Youth Fishing Contest will be held on Saturday, June 8, 2024, from 8 a.m. to Noon. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. and it is all free for kids ages 2 – 16.
This big event is held every year and the kids have a lot of fun. It will be held at the Ikes Park, 1 mile north of Geneseo. There will be lots of nice prizes. Lunch will be provided free.
Humor
When in high school I worked part time at Grosmans in downtown Moline. I made 60 cents an hour. I was a stock boy and ran an elevator. Elevators are unique. They work on many levels. Glenn Sigwalt found he is nervous going on elevators. He is now taking steps to avoid them.
We seniors don’t spend half as much time checking our blood pressure as the younger generation spends on social media.
Jim Weisser is afraid of speed bumps, but he’ll slowly get over them.
Quote of the Week
“You will be better advised to watch what you do instead of what you say.”
John N. Mitchell