Richard had to go back to work. Two speakers who were brothers. One going on a mission and the other returning from his mission. Both were good. The teachers did a good job. I watered the plants, Carol and I drove around town this evening.
The Life of Merrill and Carol Johnson
I write all most every day of what goes on in our home in the garden and in the nursery. We are ordinance workers at the Manti Temple on the Tuesday morning shift and the Saturday evening shift. In addition there are several trips to Utah county a couple of times a month and a few short trips to other mountain west areas. Our family is most important to us. All of our children live in Utah except one who lives in Kentucky.
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Sunday, July 26, 2026
Saturday, July 25, 2026
Mowed Lawn
This morning I got the mail.
Carol wanted to go to the store, but she didn't feel well enough to go. She made a list of things she wanted me to get. So, I went to the store and bought the things that she wanted. Carol made spaghetti for dinner. Richard came.
The grass is really tall. I mowed the front lawn. I stopped at Roper's got a price quote of a tiller. I may buy one for the garden,Friday, July 24, 2026
Twenty-fourth
This morning we didn't have breakfast. We went to the park where parked the car. We set in front of the car. The sun was shining. Soon the parade began. The following photos illustrate the activities of the morning.
The young men and young women posted the flags through out Holden.A lot of boys and girls-built rockets out of pop bottles. Some of the rockets went high. They went up and down st fast that I couldn't get a picture.
This a picture of few of the people who were there.
Holden fire trucks were in the parade. The kids in the truck were throwing out candy.
The Holden ward bishopric is riding this.
Just an interesting car. I don't know who is in the car.
More fire trucks and boys and girls and candy.
Cars parked across the road from us.
These are cars parked close to the church. Another activity are races. There was different age groups racing. I was in the 85 and older group, there was five of us. I didn't win.
Thursday, July 23, 2026
State Bank
This morning after breakfast I watered the baskets and tubs. I didn't water in any of the greenhouse because of the good rain that we got yesterday. We drove to Fillmore. Carol bought a lot of greeting cards. We then went to state bank to get my laptop fixed. It took them a long time, but they got it fixed. We then came home for lunch. Carol made hotdog sandwiches. We had frozen TV dinners for supper and a dish of ice cream.
I took a photo of a half-moon in the southeast sky.What little poly that was on greenhouse five blew off the west end.
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Dermatologist
The weather was bad. There was no TV reception. I tried to fix it but failed.
The flowers in the dahlia garden got a good soaking.The vegetable garden really got wet.
The water was running of the roof.
The rain was coming down very fast.
The dermatologist removed a large scab on my cheek.
The peaches and cream sweet corn is showing silk.
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Tuesday
Another trip to Fillmore. We didn't stay long. As soon as we got home, I watered the plants on the front porch. I began to water the front lawn. I also watered the plants in greenhouse five, this afternoon it started to rain.
This is the garden after the rain had stopped.This a photo of the rain coming off the roof.
This a photo of the sidewalk.
Monday, July 20, 2026
Monday
I turned off the water that was running on the pine trees and started the water on the last pine tree. I fixed the drip that was running on the dahlias. I watered the baskets and the grapes in greenhouse five. I also watered the potatoes. We drove to the Fillmore clinic. Carol was examined by a medical person. We then bought some groceries. Our next stop was at Ropers. I some hose connectors. I checked out the greenhouses.
I put the garden hose in the pomegranate shrub this morning, I forgot about it and it was still running this afternoon. I tipped it over some and removed some of the water.Pictures of figs in greenhouse six.
Grapes from grape vines in greenhouse six.































