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TISBURY March 24, 2005 Hermine Hull - 508-693-2525 - hrmhull@gis.net What a lovely coincidence, Palm Sunday falling on the first day of spring. I joined all the other intrepid gardeners for the Annual Greenhouse Tour, met lots of friends, and wrote my first checks of the season for pots of budded miniature daffodils, pale yellow violas, and white alyssum, which are now in the urn by our kitchen door. Makes a nice change from the Christmas greens and ivy that had been there through the winter. Happy Spring, everybody. Mike and I had breakfast with Ernie Mendenhall, Kathy Logue, Megan Mendenhall, and Kathryn Antonsson. The girls were flower-bedecked and beribboned, ready to join Megan's grandmother, Margaret Logue, for the Tour. On the way to the first greenhouse, I stopped in to visit Rez Williams and Lucy Mitchell. Rez was tidying up the fruit trees in their yard; Lucy's herb garden was ablaze with blooming iris reticulata, purple and bright blue. Even better to see things blooming in the ground than in pots! We have purple Johnny-jump-ups I transplanted from last summer's pots. A gardening friend in Connecticut had told me about planting pansies in the fall. They do make big mounds by spring and bloom especially early. It's always a treat this time of year; every day brings something new to admire in the yard or as we drive and walk around town. Talley and I have resumed our daily walks; I am watching for mayflowers along the south-facing paths. Among the human signs of spring, Kathy Logue reported her first bike ride of the season, with Cheryl Lowe and Janet and Shelton Bank. They met lots of similar-minded joggers, walkers, bike-riders, roller-bladers, and skate-boarders on their ride through the State Forest. I saw someone flying a lavender and white kite at the Ag Hall, then passed Linda McGuire pushing a wheelbarrow full of brush across her front lawn. Linda is busily preparing for an Easter visit from her son Daniel, with his wife Injil, and their two daughters, Faith and Sita. The young McGuires plan lots of visits with Island friends. I'm so happy to see Harry Athearn waving at me from his mail truck. The Garden Club held a special, and exceptionally well-attended, program about herbs and herb gardens, highlighted by a lunch made all with herbs. Cynthia Walsh, an exceptional cook herself, proclaimed the meal “delicious.” Bruce Haynes, his fiancée Jennifer, and children Nathaniel and Jessica Haynes, spent a wonderful school-vacation week at Disney World. Nathaniel gave highest praise to the “Star Tour” of the Star Wars Galaxy (complete with a giant celestial explosion), while Jessica's favorite display was the “Haunted House.” Their dog and Haynes Plumbing remained home in the capable hands of Bruce's parents, Bill and Betty. Nelia and Chris Decker have returned from Paris, where they stayed in a friend's apartment and lived like native Parisians. They walked everywhere, among blooming pansies and primroses. Nelia said that, “language wasn't an issue. There was so much beauty there.” She asked that I convey her gratitude to all her West Tisbury friends, who had prepared them for the trip with wonderful suggestions of places to go and things to see. She and Chris enjoyed a memorable week. Renee Rudd has spent the past two weeks with her daughter and son-in-law, Diana and Whit Manter, at Whit's End. Despite a bad cold, Renee managed to pack in a lot of socializing with family and friends. She and Diana, who was also sick, have more energy than anyone I know, so they actually accomplished more than most of us would at peak performance. Judy and Bob Jahries enjoyed the company of both their daughters last week. Emily and Perry Moehnke were here with their yellow lab, Ella. Sarah and Ted Kenyon and their children, Martha, Charlie, and Robbie, stayed with Ted's parents, Kit and Tip Kenyon, in Chilmark. Lots of trips between Chilmark and West Tisbury for both families. Emily and Perry took time out to travel to Boston for St. Patrick's Day. Ella stayed in West Tisbury. The West Tisbury School PTO will hold a Contra Dance this Friday, March 25, at 7 pm. Tickets, available at the door, are $4 per person or $15 per family. Refreshments will be served. The Flying Elbows will provide the music and will also serve as judges for the Best Pie contest. Bring your dancing shoes and your favorite homemade pie for a fun evening. Saturday, March 26, at 11 am, the West Tisbury Free Public Library will host the Spindrift Marionettes Troupe production of Grimm's “Mother Holle.” The free event will be held at the Reading Room on Music Street. Saturday evening bring your “dish for six” entry requirement to the Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society Potluck Dinner. The evening will include entertainment, a film provided by the Martha's Vineyard Film Society. Vicki Thurber will be retiring as West Tisbury Postmistress at the end of this month. Vicki assumed the post in 1987, following Jim Alley's tenure. She began working for the post office in 1981 in Chilmark. Lots of changes during those years, the move from Alley's to the new building in North Tisbury, population growth, seemingly more direction from a federal agency than being totally our own small-town selves. We all wish Vicki well in her retirement and new life, in which she looks forward to a career working with horses. |
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