Civic Chorale Gala -- HUGE Pantagraph article

What an amazing job Loren Svboda of the Pantagraph did! 
https://www.pantagraph.com/entertainment/music/in-harmony-isu-civic-chorale-celebrating-years-on-stage/article_c3910610-bc9e-5e3a-8652-2981bad3d01a.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share

Lollipop Crab Coming Down

Ed takes such good care of our trees, we do not know why the 4 year old lollipop crab became diseased.  

Memories!!

 

In 1983 my precious husband presented me with a ticket to attend the 150th anniversary of the Hot Air Balloon in Albuquerque, NM where I would meet Gretchen, Dodie and Bob.  This T-shirt I still treasure.  Having moved from Albany, NY where we were part owners of The Unsinkable Molly Brown, he knew how much I would miss flying balloons. 

Hummer Still Here

We both saw a hummer on the upper feeder at two different times and then fly up into the Hawthornes.  We told them it is okay for them to head south.  Going down to 39℉ tonight. 

A Hummer First: Witnessing Their Last Night Here

Oompa and I were sitting out on the patio around 6 pm on this lovely warm Tuesday evening, admiring the garden when we saw 2 medium sized hummers on the brilliant, red pineapple sage and then also at the feeders.  This evening it is supposed to get quite chilly along with rain.  Thus, we think they will be gone by tomorrow.  We told how much we love having them here and to have a safe return to the warmer climate.  How in their world do they know how to get to where they need to go?  Same with the Monarchs !