My whole day – until mid-afternoon – was spent at Hanna’s Town helping to set up for the Annual Spring Tea, which is tomorrow. The spring and fall teas sell out as soon as they are announced so we have a full house for both the 11:30am and the 1pm seatings. We spent the morning with two teams. The first team dressed the tables: tablecloths, napkins, service tiers, chairs. After that was completed, we set out all the extra serving dishes on trays. Next was to set the clear glass plates and the unique, individual tea cups and saucers at each place. We cleaned out the fridge to make room for the food that will be brought out in the morning, and cleared a few shelves to put the baked goods and desserts.
The second team did the flowers. Becky and Debbie had buckets of beautiful blooms and transformed all the rooms into delightful ‘gardens.’ It looked so effortless and everything was so beautiful. In fact, one of the buckets sitting on the sidewalk was glorious – but Debbie said that was her bucket of extra stems and flowers – not an arrangement. Could have fooled me! Aren’t they all beautiful? We left there about 1pm, geared to return at 9am tomorrow to start on the food and servings. Everyone is excited to be part of this event!
I left Hanna’s Town, drove through McDonalds for a frozen Coke, and went down to walk through L&L Fleatique. I didn’t buy anything, but I found one astonishing item. I could not believe ‘Stinky’ skunk was selling for $50.00! Wow! I’m excited that I have one of my own. I knew the Ty skunks were rare but not to that extent.
When I got home and backed down the driveway, this is the photo I took of the hill across from my house.
I was eating a bowl of veggie soup when Chrissy txt me to ask for a ride for her and Hope to and from the Mall. Sigh. So they are there now, and I have to pick them up about 8pm. THEN my day will be done!
April 29 – What childhood fear do you remember? “I wasn’t afraid of anything except snakes. We were told a laughing hyena was roaming our woods. They are a carnivorous quadruped & we were sure they would eat us if they ever caught us :(” I’m pretty sure they are not native to Western Pennsylvania…š ” I’m pretty sure they are not native to Western Pennsylvania…
Yesterday’s vacation destination was Knoxville TN and the photo posted was Ijams Nature Center. Here are just a few of other thing to see in Knoxville:
Calendar inspiration – everything was once new – current events soon become history. Share your stories!
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TOMORROW April 30th is:
- National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day
- National Bubble Tea Day
- National Bugs Bunny Day
- National Hairstylist Appreciation Day
- National Honesty Day
- National Military Brats Day
- National Oatmeal Cookie Day
- NationalĀ PrepareAthon! Day
- National Raisin Day
- National Sarcoidosis Day
- National First Ladies Day
- National Kiss of Hope Day
- National Pool Opening Day
- National Rebuilding Day
- National Sense of Smell DayĀ
I’m sure Kathy will celebrate First Ladies Day, and if you look it up it’s worth celebrating! There are lots of choices – I might not open the pool if you are local. It’s a bit chilly still. I think we should be honest EVERY day. And Jen Johnson at Ninth Life Rescue will of course celebrate Adopt a Shelter Pet Day! Just celebrate! God bless….
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