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Tisbury May 26, 2005 Hermine Hull - 508-693-2525 - hrmhull@gis.net If you want to socialize in town, just have a garden up on the road. I spent a lovely day yesterday (Sunday) working in my beds at the end of our driveway, had visits with lots of neighbors, plenty of horn-honking and waves. Incidentally, I got the impatiens and some lime-green nicotianas planted, so I am ready for the summer — at least in that spot. Bob Fisher, our neighbor next door on the Edgartown side, stopped by to tell me we are having new neighbors. Carlos Montoya sold the Pitch Pine nursery to a couple who plan to turn the former nursery buildings into a residence. I look forward to meeting them and welcoming them to the neighborhood. Our across-the-street neighbor Karen Stanley, an accomplished gardener, stopped by to see what I was planting and have a bit of a garden chat. I saw Jeanne Staples, a painter friend from Edgartown, Ernie Mendenhall in his blue truck, most of the Maciels, my mother-in-law several times, and Mike and Paula Black riding by on their bicycles. And that’s just the short list. It was especially nice because rain was predicted, so a sunny day, albeit chilly, felt like a gift. Jim Alley has a springtime tradition of quoting Charlie Turner, noted for saying, “Spring always comes by the Fourth of July, whether you’re ready for it or not.” There were plenty of other opportunities to socialize over the past weekend. The Manter Hostel across the street celebrated its 50th anniversary with a party on Saturday at 1 pm. At 2 pm, the library held a party to open the new Children’s Room, and at 5 pm, many of us were to be found at the Ag Hall, wishing Ann Burt well on her retirement from the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. The library party had great food, as we always do (lots of decorated animal-shaped cookies baked by Diana Manter, Linda Carnegie, Leslie Baker and me, assorted sweets made by the staff members and other trustees, and a huge platter of shrimp brought by T.J. Hegarty.) But the best part of the party for me was watching the children explore the new space. They were totally enchanted by the magical world that artist Linda Carnegie created for them. They looked at every animal, bird, fish, snake, or insect, pointing things out to their parents, learning new names. Best of all, they could reach their own books on the new low bookcases. The room was filled with parents reading to their children, babies crawling on the floor and little children sitting on their parents’ laps, the older ones reading to their parents. Trustee Linda Hearn reported trying to pick up a leaf from a stair, thinking it was real. Children’s Librarian Nelia Decker looked very proud, as she and everyone else involved with the project should be. I hope everyone in town will “use it in good health,” as my mother used to say. Ann Burt’s retirement party was the best. The Ag Hall overflowed with well-wishers from all over the Island. Dr. Richard Koehler even came from off-Island (Kathleen was on call at home). Sue Carroll and Judy Hathaway, both old friends I haven’t seen in ages, were there from Edgartown. At these big West Tisbury parties I always feel like almost everyone I care about in the whole world is together in one room. It is a lovely feeling and one shared by many of the others present. Prudy made a funny speech and even got her mother to the microphone. Again, the food was unbelievable in both quantity and excellence. I would like to ask whoever made the hot crab dip for the recipe. Lucy Hodgson told me that her mother, Pam Hill, has moved back to town. She had been living in Maine for several years and, after her husband Charlie died, decided to come back to West Tisbury to live. Pam has brought her daughter, Anna, age eight, with her. Lucy said, “They couldn’t be happier and truly feel like they are ‘home’ again. Everyone’s love and support welcoming my mother back has been truly wonderful.” As it would be in West Tisbury. Welcome home, Pam and Anna. The Garden Club will hold its Annual Open House and Plant Sale on Saturday, May 28, from 10 am to 2 pm, at the Old Mill. Plants for the sale were grown over the winter by club members in the Garden Club greenhouse at the Wakeman Center. Offerings range from Polly Hill cultivars, native plants, shrubs, deer resistant plants, and annual flowers. Lemonade and cookies will be served and you can learn about the history of the Old Mill Building. Beginning June 1, you may borrow videos and DVDs from the library for one week. There will be no renewals. I imagine by now many of you have heard that my cousin-in-law and former West Tisbury resident, Steve Bryant, lost his home to a fire a couple of weeks ago, a total loss of structure and contents. Steve and his wife, Lissa, had moved to Maine several years ago with their daughter, Robin, and their menagerie of pets. This has been a terrible year for the family. Lissa’s father, Bud Beecher, died early this past November, and Lissa died here at the Slocum house later that month. Everyone I’ve run into lately has asked how Steve and Robin are doing, so I am including their address: 416 Storer Road, Bradford, Maine 04410. As we head into Memorial Day weekend, fresh paint and newly planted flowers appear to herald the “season.” All the greenhouses are bursting with their newest offerings and gardeners eager to plant after the long winter. I’ve been enjoying watching Ruth Adams’s flower pots in front of her Treehouse Gallery, an abundant and ever-expanding collection. The Red Barn has a fresh coat of paint and a different wooden sculpture every day highlighted against the window facing Old County Road. Tom Maley’s fanciful sculptures are always surrounded by admirers in front of The Field Gallery. I am sad that Carol Craven had to move her gallery from West Tisbury to Vineyard Haven, but am very excited about her new space and can’t wait to attend her grand opening this Saturday from 4:30 to 6:30 pm. Of course, the Family Planning Art Show at the Ag Hall is this weekend, too, with the gala opening benefit on Thursday, 6 to 8 pm. And I have planted my impatiens, an annual announcement that my gallery is opening this weekend. My in-laws’ chair up the road in front of their antique shop is painted blue this year, a bright pot of pansies appearing when they are open. Alley’s front porch has summer friends returning to join the year-round regulars. And all the shops in North Tisbury have fresh flower boxes and plantings in front of every store. I saw Chief Estrella working on his beloved garden in front of the Public Safety Building. Here’s hoping for a sunny weekend and a good summer for everyone. |
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