House Walk

Yesterday was the Historical Society's annual Spring House Walk.

Andy went golfing so I took Allison.

The houses were nice. Of course, I had edited all of the write-ups so I knew all of the stories the volunteers were telling as we went through the houses.

No indoor pictures were allowed so the front porch as as close to inside as I could get.

Nice booties we had to put on to enter each house.

This flier I made shows all five of the homes that were on the House Walk. The porch picture from above was taken at the house that's in the middle on the left side of the flier. It would be nice to have a porch like that. Andy came home from golfing and we went to the after-party long enough to talk to my boss, have a beer and a sandwich.

More spring blooms

The Bridal Wreath were blooming early this week and now they're pretty full.

We think this is some sort of lilac. They smell great.

Schubert and Mango strolling up the walk for some food before the rain came last night.

Our Lily of the Valley. They smell good too. And my clematis behind the garage have so many buds. It already has a few blooms but I'm expecting a nice show this year.

My sweet August

When he's not annoying me when I'm working on a puzzle, August is a very sweet cat.

Disney surprise for L

Somehow L knew Disney was sending her a package. She even said I could open it and let her know what it was. It arrived yesterday while I was working from home to make event flyers for the museum. It's a welcome to the College Program gift, a magnet shaped like their nametag, and a card with all the information she needs about the program. She goes to Florida in August for Round 2 of the College Program.

First-name basis

My co-chair and I have been sending so many posters to the library to print (for free!) to promote the church's anniversary events we are now apparently on a first-name basis. We get one free poster a month.

Trying to hide?

Ignore everything on the table (lol) and look at Muffles getting cozy on the sofa. Purely by chance, I tossed the pillow there and it created just enough space for him to crawl in. Weirdo cat did it several times.

Bridal Wreath in bloom

These bushes are pretty when they're blooming but it doesn't last long.

More spring flowers.

A tree, a potluck and a party

After church yesterday we had the anniversary tree dedication on the front lawn.

Fortunately, it did not rain on us.

My friend Leslie and her husband donated the tree, he planted it on a snowy day in October (Halloween) and they bought a plaque for it. They actually bought three plaques in case one "goes missing" or gets damaged.

I "wrote" the dedication, lifting from some things I found online, which I credited, of course, and made this insert for the bulletins.

After the dedication was a vegan/vegetarian potluck.

I brought a Costco kale salad (in the glass bowl) ... then came home and had a ham sandwich lol.

Decorations by my friend Maureen were on point, as usual.

I was pretty proud of the Facebook graphic I made for the day.

Then, last night, it was Leslie's birthday gathering with the church lady friends. She made ribeye steaks. She brought out the china. I might have to up my game.

Too many yard sales?

Brookfield, a nearby suburb, had its community wide yard sale yesterday. This was the list of addresses and I thought I read somewhere there were over 300 homes participating. Allison and I went to quite a few but it was a lot of ground to cover.

I did find a few things - a big Christmas tree candle, a Christmas pillow, other Christmas stuff (ornaments and placemats), a Longaberger basket for $3, a Creative Memories 12-inch trimmer and a 750-piece cat puzzle. I am kind of kicking myself for passing on the $2 Williams Sonoma wooden salad servers marked with a store price tag of $38. I thought they might be too big to store and I've survived this long without salad servers so I passed them by.

Eight years