It’s been over a month since I’ve posted. Life happens, thankfully. Nothing exciting to report. More snows, more melts. Here’s Gustof’s correspondence with Ruth from 1912.
postmarked Red Lodge, Montana 10 Aug 1912.
Read your card some time ago was glad to hear of you. I was over to Melsons last night. Thor was telling about making cake in Darling from Gustof
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Melsons? Making cake in Darling?
that we are not venturing far today.
I never thought I’d be so glad that I don’t have to go feed cows.
Maybe not for long.
This morning I had breakfast in Red Lodge at the Cafe Regis and said goodbye to my newfound friends, Elizabeth and Steve.
We met the other afternoon. I was in the laundromat washing a down comforter. They were obviously traveling, so I asked if they were staying in town or hitting the road. It’s a curse, being shy. Elizabeth immediately picked up on the vestiges of my accent. We soon discovered that we had been as close to being neighbors in New York as it gets.
There was so much to talk about that we decided to meet for supper later. We enjoyed a great dinner and company that night at the Carbon County Steakhouse.
Incredibly, we kept finding more things in common. Steve’s parents had owned a grocery in Queens. My father and grandparents owned a grocery in Brooklyn.
Elizabeth mentioned Wurtsboro. I asked about the gliders. Aside from being world travelers, they’re both pilots!
This morning they told me about a trip that they took yesterday through Elk Basin, to Powell and on to Cody.
They unknowingly drove right past the farm and out to where our cattle ran.
Well, I am posting cat photos.
Bill discovered the lemon catmint.
Rocky’s “helping” strip the bed.
But it seems that he really knew how to fly. He also was not thrilled to see me, and waved “bye-bye”.
Unused RPPC
This undivided back RPPC was sent to Mrs. Orin Wheaton of Galesburg, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It was postmarked 15 Apr 1907 in Montana and 18 Apr 1907 in Galesburg, Mich.
The front reads (if I’m reading it right):
April 12, 1907 Dear Sister I will send you a picture of the Depot at Belfry you better come and see my new home direct to Bridger Carbon Co Montana Laura (Louisa?)
