Book 10: 1986
Christmastide amaryllis blooms into January. Winter Carnival is 100 years old, so the loveliest Ice Palace (in my lifetime!) is assembled in Como Park. Fabulous!
Mesmerizing interior light show of the Como Park Winter Palace...marking 100 years of frozen frivolity.
Manny flanked by Deanne and Janet Becker; Lark Quartet Xmas card; Fritz and Manny; Valentine's Day decorations.
Jack's 44th birthday; LLH sews and illuminates a satin red heart (as in "what was I thinking?!"); Kristen with France-born doll.
Lovely Kristen and Hoeschlers ski trip to Europe.
Nancy, my former NCS assistant, visits with her darling young son. Scout awards; Kristen in Filipino dress from Agnes Wangaard; Fritz wrestling; Kristen and Heather.
March 1986: Over the kids' school spring vacation we travel West. First stop: Oregon. Portland has an impressive downtown with great mass transit.
Steve and Sonja Lovas continue to show us around Portland, including the lovely Japanese garden.
Sand garden et al at Portland Japanese Garden.
We pack up for a ski vacation at Bachelor Mountain in Bend, OR where Steve and Sonja have a timeshare.
View of the Three Sisters. We enjoy a beautiful trip back along the Columbia River Basin.
Columbia River Gorge, magnificent!
More scenic views...dinner at a restaurant where we sample many types of oysters.
We enjoy a tour of Oregon's wineries--a chance to sample Oregon's burgeoning industry and to get to know Sonja.
3/16/86: We drive down the coast and tour of the impressive Claremont Colleges; In the afternoon we tour Universal Studios and set of 2001: A Space Odyssey. LLH dons a suit for the set--good fun.
3/17: We drive north to Santa Barbara and Montecito to meet with Eunice Butler re purchasing the Gem Lake Cabin. 3/18 Up Hwy. 1 to San Francisco... but not able to make it due to massive mudslides.
March 18: Monterey Peninsula and 17-mile-drive in Carmel.
Sunset on 17-mile-drive...
Mar 29: yard clean up patrol; Terri Timmerman visits. Mar 30 Easter: our quartet, cum Manny, are dressed for church. Easter brunch at the Deco Restaurant.
After brunch with the Hoeschlers, we return to our home for an egg hunt.
Ranheims join in the egg-hunting fun.
A spectacular day...especially for the end of March. Sewells visit.
David and Judy Ranheim on the deck. Shots of Gem Lake and Butler cabin.
Cute Heather Hoeschler's modeling shots. Steve Doyle plays hockey; Doyle family.
April 6: pre-wedding party (Deco catering) buffet for Anne Baldy & Steve Murphy.
April 28: Wendell Mordy's 66th birthday to which we bring bring masks. Fritz bikes with friend.
Kristen and Mary Roetzel dressed for a 60s dance at school! May 2: Nana visits: with Kristen and with Jake and Tori.
May 4: Fritz is confirmed at Plymouth Congregational Church.
Spring flowers burst forth...
May 10: While touring Philadelphia-area colleges, we stop by the Dad Vail crew races where Jack's Georgetown team won in '62 and '64. May 11: Mother's Day touring Valley Forge.
May 12: we tour Bryn Athyn where Dan Ebert, a marvelous leader and Stroke of the Georgetown Crew, grew up (Church of the New Jerusalem). Dan was killed in Viet Nam. We then head for Princeton, NJ and Washington, DC.
May 24: FRH is 15! Mordys and Ranheims come to celebrate.
May 26-: Doyles come from Worthington for Memorial Day weekend.
Flowers!
And more flowers.
June 1: Fritz is a kidnapped confirmant! On June 3 KBH attend's SPA Junion prom with John Murphy. He is a real gentle-man. Pre-dance gathering of students and their parents at home of John and Judy Murphy.
More prom photos. Jack and Linda are off to a Metropolitan Opera production at Northrup Auditorium on U of M campus.
![June 8: We host a dinner and recital [flute (Judy Ranheim) and harpsichord (Peter Hendrickson)] for Eunice Butler's 70th birthday. Jack Hannaford (JGH partner and to-be Gem Lake neighbor) stands with Peter Hendrickson.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e163b72ac2810ad9183578/9ce449e4-f17a-454d-9d95-44de27e874bf/Scan+31.jpeg)
June 8: We host a dinner and recital [flute (Judy Ranheim) and harpsichord (Peter Hendrickson)] for Eunice Butler's 70th birthday. Jack Hannaford (JGH partner and to-be Gem Lake neighbor) stands with Peter Hendrickson.
That evening after the party...we bring KBH to bus terminal to visit La Crosse, then drive to Gem Lake for a sunset row.
June 16: Pre-Symphony Ball party at our house on a splendid evening--we all almost hated to leave! Jake and Maureen; neighbors Leslie Steen and Bob Ebel; Jake with ? (doctor's wife).
June 15: We all drive to Lake Minnetonka to celebrate Father's Day at the Lafayette Club.
We cruise on Lake Minnetonka; Nana drives to LaX in her Lincoln. Sunset at Edgcumbe.
June-July?: We four bike to Lowertown, St. Paul for a ceremony and parade commemorating the Minnesota soldiers sent to fight in the Civil War.
The Jonathan Paddleford sidewheeler on the Mississippi. Jack and I visit Pig's Eye Lake. Fritz and Tori swim in Lake Minnetonka; afterwards we enjoy grilled salmon at Jake & Maureen's.
Tori sleeps in the tree house and is thrilled when she sees Bambi in the morn! July 4 river tour for Hildur Lovas and the Doyles by Jack.
July 4 images: the last year we spend that holiday at Edgcumbe for many years. (The party moves to Gem Lake where we spend 5 months a year.)
July 8: We move to Gem Lake, the retreat we've dreamed about for years. It even comes with a trampoline!
July 19: LLH turns 42. Birthday party at the cabin with Bussens as our guests. LLH in NCS Board room.
At the end of July we travel to Santa Fe to celebrate our 20th anniversary with a chamber concert (and Steve Paulus music commission) followed by a dinner dance. We first visit Pamela and Don Michaelis i Albuquerque where their daughter, Annie Portia, floats in the altogether in their home pool.
Gert Hoeschler with Kristen and me; Mother with KBH and LLH; Mary Ann Feldman; Don Michaelis, Bob Hoeschler and Bill Hueg.
Jack present "Cross Fire Desire" to Linda; I'm a bit embarassed! Jake and Janet Hoeschler; Susan Halper (college roommate), Don Michaelis and Kristen; Jim Bussen and Jake.
With our guests we explore the compelling countryside.
Dinner with Huegs and Hunters; Judy H, Kristen and Hella Hueg's German niece; Sam Hunter, Jack, Susan Halper, Janet Hoeschler.
Manny and Kristen are beat after so much fun, and back home we go. Lower row: Katie Doyle on violin; Steve Doyle does karate.
Aug 10: 4 days past hysterectomy surgery, triggered by fibroids--a relief! Brooke Mordy visits me at the cabin. On Aug 17 Fritz returns from a month at (YMCA) Camp Widjiwagan in northern Minnesota.
Adorable Miss Tori Hoeschler visits us at the cabin. Jay with Lizzie Hoeschler and dear Katie.
Cabin scenes. We are so excited after so many years of dreaming about it! Kristen plays on new upright piano.
Luther Ranheim and Fritz maneuver our sailfish (purchased from Jim Bussen after their sale of their Lutsen cabin.) On Aug 27 Jack and I go out to dinner to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. Lovely Kristen and Luther Ranheim on trampoline.
Jack's favorite reading spot is on our Gem Lake dock. Steve Paulus and Jack canoe. Norskedalen tour on August 30. Brother Steve and Sonja Lovas' photos from Portland, OR.
Comely Kristen on Gem Lake cabin front lawn. Hildur Lovas in Colorado Springs.
Gem Lake neighbor ,Anja Strelow, & Sabina (Hella Hueg's niece) enjoy some time with Kristen. Wild life: skink and garter snake.
Late September: Jake, Mo and Tori; Fritz gives Tori a ride in lawn mower wagon; John Snidarich, neighbor, who greatly helps with our extensive parcel (20 acres).
Fall color at Gem Lake; Maureen and Tori canoe.
Oct 1: KBH turns 18. Jack offers her wine, while Fritz drives her around in our lawnmower wagon throne!
Gorgeous tree color reflected in the beautiful lake. Fritz with impatiens; raccoon at Edgcumbe.
October 5: Hoeschler family gathering, Xmas card photo and meal at Gem Lake.
Magnuson wedding party: KBH, groom, Julie Himmelstrup.
Labor Day wedding of Caron Cadle. Show offs. Sunrise. Dedication of Steinway to Jeanne Baldy. Christmas in November at Ranheims.