Hey folks! We had a great time at the meeting. Thanks so much to everyone who attended, the daylilies were nice enough to put on a lovely show. It seems like peak bloom officially started just today and I am so glad you all got to see it. We were lucky enough to have two guests, who became new members--a nice big dirty handshake and a sweaty hug to Hayden and Rosie. You will get your membership packets in due time--just like Maggie said--wait about a month. That will give me time to loose and find the papers and stuff at least twice. We send best wishes to Marianne for a quick recovery from her summer bug. There was a lot of business to cover and thanks to the fact that nobody is real big on being ultra businesslike, it didn't hurt too much. We voted in our bylaws, so now that is taken care of and I don't have to keep trying to remember not to forget it. We didn't have a Secretary's report thanks to the fact that I am a complete spacehead, and Shirley didn't have anything to report as Treasurer either, except to say that next week she and I will have a conflab and get our club its own bank acct. I attended my first ever board meeting, now that we are officially federated, and tried to impart what I learned there in a manner that approaches coherence. Sue asked that I post the dates of the upcoming district and state meeting, and suggested that we make an effort to attend these events so we can begin to learn about how our club fits into the overall group. So the dates are as follows (I will also put them in the "upcoming events" section in the left sidebar): The North West District is hosting the State Convention in 2011. This will be held in Merrilville on April 6 and 7 of 2011. Joan Stone (our District Director--North Central District) would like as many people as possible to attend this meeting so that when our district hosts this event in 2012 we will begin the process with a good idea of what has been done in the past. I did forget to say that the initial idea for location of this (2012) event is to have it at "Das Essenhaus", although the exploratory process is still ongoing.
The Annual District meeting (the one our group is slated to host in 2016) will be held in Middlebury on Oct. 20 of this year. This is another meeting that we should make an effort to attend--the people I have met so far are really just wonderful. Dirty Hands Happy Souls doesn't describe only us. And if we are going to have a positive impact as a club, we need to start making these connections, so we can learn how to effectively contribute to the organization in the way that suits our group's personality. The link to the state club's event calender is:
http://www.gardenclubofindiana.org/stateeventsgarden_club_of_indiana.htm
There isn't a lot there yet that is specific--as the dates draw nearer, there will be more information about each event.
We also talked in brief about ideas for future meetings, and Sue came up with some great ones: a visit to an Amish garden in Rentown (hopefully one of this fascinating sounding family will attend a meeting so we can get to know her) a haywagon tour of Mckinley Nursery's Production fields, a trip to a Christmas tree farm, like Hunzikers,visiting another perennial grower in the Plymouth area. Other ideas that floated about were a possible travelogue from Cindy about her recent FABULOSO trip to Alaska, where she smuggled rocks and probably made friends with all the squirrels and bunnies in the far north, maybe a trip to Lurie Gardens for a tour of the area, a night time walk at Fernwood, and a trip to Nelson's Herb Farm. And now that Rosie is a member, I see programs from her in our future too! Keep the ideas coming! This group is filled with intensely interesting, creative people and the more everyone throws in the pot, the more fascinating the stew becomes. Think about what you can contribute yourself too--we are all friends here and nobody could care less about acting snooty and official than us. If you know something fun or interesting--we all want to hear about it. And we want you to tell it in your own way--with your own personality shining through.
We also decided on the date of Sunday, Aug. 15th for our Wavecrest trip. We will meet once more before that time and we will firm up the travel times and exchange cell phone numbers and get transportation sorted out then. Right now the plan is to leave here at 10 am and converge either at Wavecrest or Cranes Pie Pantry. I need to get a firm grip on the hours of both places--which I will do and post it here. Then when we meet next we will get it all figured out.
Sue asked about posting pictures to the blog--its fairly simple--if you can send me jpeg files, please do that--I can probably manage if you send something else, but jpegs make my head hurt the least. Just send the files as attachments to robfraney@aol.com and I will take it from there. If you send me pet pictures, please label the pic with your pet's name so I can put it with the pic.
Patrick--Betty and Betty are pets, so take their pictures pleeze:-)
And Bobbi reminded us that we should be thinking about making up a bulk order for bulbs--if you haven't gotten catalogs yet--check for a previous blog post with the links to Van Engelen and Scheepers, and come to the next meeting with anything you want to order figured out. Come bearing funds so we can place and pay for the order as a group and save shipping.
I think I am going to have to get someone to "volunteer" to coordinate this--if I think abou
t handling this myself, very bad pictures come into my head.
After all that--my brain was exhausted and I was very glad to have Rob take over so he could tell you all about the Clumberton and Lilyfield Railway. Rob has wanted to do this project for a very long time, and it pleases me no end to see his dream realized. Its also great for him to be able to tell his friends about it and have them be interested and appreciative. A lot of thought and hard work has gone into the little world he is building--and its always good for people to see the evolution of a project like this. Any time you listen to how someone made something, you celebrate their creative spirit and further your own. The train brings movement and sound to the garden in a way that is different from moving water or rustling grasses. Its just another layer of interest that can be added--and you can be as simple or intricate as you like with it. A garden should be the fulfillment of one's spirit--and while all of our gardens are expressions of both of our spirits, the train is the most significant to Rob. It represents a lot of things about who he is and how he has come to this point in his life. When I look at that train, that is what I see--just like when all of you look at your gardens you see that part of yourselves that was speaking when you made it. Its what makes our souls HAPPY (that and fingernail grime, which is also a necessary ingredient).
Hail to the dirt! THANKS TO SUE F AND BOBBI D FOR THE PICS!!!!
The Annual District meeting (the one our group is slated to host in 2016) will be held in Middlebury on Oct. 20 of this year. This is another meeting that we should make an effort to attend--the people I have met so far are really just wonderful. Dirty Hands Happy Souls doesn't describe only us. And if we are going to have a positive impact as a club, we need to start making these connections, so we can learn how to effectively contribute to the organization in the way that suits our group's personality. The link to the state club's event calender is:
http://www.gardenclubofindiana.org/stateeventsgarden_club_of_indiana.htm
There isn't a lot there yet that is specific--as the dates draw nearer, there will be more information about each event.
We also talked in brief about ideas for future meetings, and Sue came up with some great ones: a visit to an Amish garden in Rentown (hopefully one of this fascinating sounding family will attend a meeting so we can get to know her) a haywagon tour of Mckinley Nursery's Production fields, a trip to a Christmas tree farm, like Hunzikers,visiting another perennial grower in the Plymouth area. Other ideas that floated about were a possible travelogue from Cindy about her recent FABULOSO trip to Alaska, where she smuggled rocks and probably made friends with all the squirrels and bunnies in the far north, maybe a trip to Lurie Gardens for a tour of the area, a night time walk at Fernwood, and a trip to Nelson's Herb Farm. And now that Rosie is a member, I see programs from her in our future too! Keep the ideas coming! This group is filled with intensely interesting, creative people and the more everyone throws in the pot, the more fascinating the stew becomes. Think about what you can contribute yourself too--we are all friends here and nobody could care less about acting snooty and official than us. If you know something fun or interesting--we all want to hear about it. And we want you to tell it in your own way--with your own personality shining through.
We also decided on the date of Sunday, Aug. 15th for our Wavecrest trip. We will meet once more before that time and we will firm up the travel times and exchange cell phone numbers and get transportation sorted out then. Right now the plan is to leave here at 10 am and converge either at Wavecrest or Cranes Pie Pantry. I need to get a firm grip on the hours of both places--which I will do and post it here. Then when we meet next we will get it all figured out.
Sue asked about posting pictures to the blog--its fairly simple--if you can send me jpeg files, please do that--I can probably manage if you send something else, but jpegs make my head hurt the least. Just send the files as attachments to robfraney@aol.com and I will take it from there. If you send me pet pictures, please label the pic with your pet's name so I can put it with the pic.
Patrick--Betty and Betty are pets, so take their pictures pleeze:-)
And Bobbi reminded us that we should be thinking about making up a bulk order for bulbs--if you haven't gotten catalogs yet--check for a previous blog post with the links to Van Engelen and Scheepers, and come to the next meeting with anything you want to order figured out. Come bearing funds so we can place and pay for the order as a group and save shipping.
I think I am going to have to get someone to "volunteer" to coordinate this--if I think abou
t handling this myself, very bad pictures come into my head. After all that--my brain was exhausted and I was very glad to have Rob take over so he could tell you all about the Clumberton and Lilyfield Railway. Rob has wanted to do this project for a very long time, and it pleases me no end to see his dream realized. Its also great for him to be able to tell his friends about it and have them be interested and appreciative. A lot of thought and hard work has gone into the little world he is building--and its always good for people to see the evolution of a project like this. Any time you listen to how someone made something, you celebrate their creative spirit and further your own. The train brings movement and sound to the garden in a way that is different from moving water or rustling grasses. Its just another layer of interest that can be added--and you can be as simple or intricate as you like with it. A garden should be the fulfillment of one's spirit--and while all of our gardens are expressions of both of our spirits, the train is the most significant to Rob. It represents a lot of things about who he is and how he has come to this point in his life. When I look at that train, that is what I see--just like when all of you look at your gardens you see that part of yourselves that was speaking when you made it. Its what makes our souls HAPPY (that and fingernail grime, which is also a necessary ingredient).
Hail to the dirt! THANKS TO SUE F AND BOBBI D FOR THE PICS!!!!
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