In what Mr. K and I laughingly call a flower bed, I had about 10 daffodils, iris foliage (but no blooms) and one lonely/lovely tulip, pink with white edges. I went out this morning to photograph it for you and it was gone - stem and all! I guess I'll blame a rabbit, since I've been told they eat all the way down to the ground and deer only take the blooms off the top and leave the stem. It seems like they should leave it for you to enjoy if you only have one....:-/
Last night was a planning meeting for our neighborhood women. We had to discuss our outings for the coming year. The idea was to get two women to sign up for a month; they would decide on some type of outing or event; plan it and (eventually) make everyone else aware of it. A notice was sent to all the women who live here - well the ones who have ever shown any interest in the group. It was conceivable that as many as 25+ could have shown up, but there were only eight of us. At first I was disappointed in the low turnout, but it soon became apparent that "few cooks make for good soup" and we accomplished a lot in nearly three hours. We stopped a bit for desserts and an hors d'oeuvre, too. (Blogger thinks I'm not spelling that correctly, but I AM!) Man, do we ever have some good cooks here! I think we ought to do a neighborhood cook book, but I can't seem to get anyone interested in all the detail work it would take to put one together. We also need a new neighborhood phone book, but that's a lot of work too.
I agreed to be the person who (loosely) leads the group and "facilitates the spread of information" among the women. I can already see that it will take a chunk of time to do it well. I've offered to write a password-protected blog for the women here, so there would be a central place for everyone to gather news; such as births, deaths, illnesses, upcoming meetings, etc. Since a few of our women are not computer users, that doesn't seem to be a panacea, but it's better than hand-delivery to all the mailboxes. There are a few flies in the ointment, however, so I'm not sure yet that I will be doing that blog. "It's always something", as Roseann Roseannadanna used to say.
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Last night was a planning meeting for our neighborhood women. We had to discuss our outings for the coming year. The idea was to get two women to sign up for a month; they would decide on some type of outing or event; plan it and (eventually) make everyone else aware of it. A notice was sent to all the women who live here - well the ones who have ever shown any interest in the group. It was conceivable that as many as 25+ could have shown up, but there were only eight of us. At first I was disappointed in the low turnout, but it soon became apparent that "few cooks make for good soup" and we accomplished a lot in nearly three hours. We stopped a bit for desserts and an hors d'oeuvre, too. (Blogger thinks I'm not spelling that correctly, but I AM!) Man, do we ever have some good cooks here! I think we ought to do a neighborhood cook book, but I can't seem to get anyone interested in all the detail work it would take to put one together. We also need a new neighborhood phone book, but that's a lot of work too.
I agreed to be the person who (loosely) leads the group and "facilitates the spread of information" among the women. I can already see that it will take a chunk of time to do it well. I've offered to write a password-protected blog for the women here, so there would be a central place for everyone to gather news; such as births, deaths, illnesses, upcoming meetings, etc. Since a few of our women are not computer users, that doesn't seem to be a panacea, but it's better than hand-delivery to all the mailboxes. There are a few flies in the ointment, however, so I'm not sure yet that I will be doing that blog. "It's always something", as Roseann Roseannadanna used to say.
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Did the rabbit leave any of the greenery at all? Straps that weren't attached to the tulip stem? If so, feed them once, let them die back naturally, and you just might get one more tulip out next year. Unless it's a bienniel (sp?) tulip. If so, you'll see greenery next year, but no bloom anyway.
I don't envy you figuring out the town cryer mess. You could always threaten to put up one of those giant portable light-up signs for your yard and you'll be sure to include stuff like "Sorry about the loss of your testicle, Jim." LOL. That's just unappealling enough for people to maybe come up with some other method like the buck slip. One message with a list of neighbors stapled on top. You always pass the list in order of the buck slip (so you can track down where it was last) and each neighbor initials before they pass it on to the other. Last name should be whoever's in charge of keeping up with people knowing stuff. They don't get it back in 24 hourse, they know to start dialing.
I gave up flowers in my garden because of wild rabbits. I now depend on shrubs for colour.
You are going to be busy, Judy~! But I love the idea of a neighbourhood cookbook! If you did it online for those who had computers and just printed for those who hadn't, maybe it would work?
I am sure lots of your blogger friends would love to see it too!
Isn't it usually dangerous NOT to attend such a gathering. I used to find if I skipped such a meeting, I would get volunteered for stuff.
It is always something, isn't it? That's about how it goes in my neighborhood too! Hope you and yours have a wonderful Easter. And yes, I do have a lot of Easter decor - actually, I like rabbits, but not the kind you discuss in the post.
Sounds like you have a good group there!!!! Enjoy!!!!
Sounds a great idea, and the private blog for just the people in the group sounds an excellent idea too.
I bet this will keep you busy!
You are a brave lady to take on this responsibility. I hope all goes well.
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