Blossom time

(1971 May 17)

Yesterday the Birketts invited Mabel, Helen Dixon and me to go on a drive thru Gays Mills where apple blossoms were for acres almost like frost on the trees, then on to Prairie du Chien to see Fr. Simm's tulips in his back yard. They were all in full bloom and very lovely. I was a little surprised on how small the yard was - he told us about it so often it kept getting bigger in my mind. Then everyone went inside for drinks and snacks - at last on the way home we crossed the Mississippi River first, for a good look, at my request, and drove by Villa Louis, and home the other way following the Wisconsin River.