Vacation time is near and I need to see the ocean for a few days. Relaxing with friends and family and much needed down time is on the agenda!
Volunteerism has become a big part of my life! I am glad to help where I can with the organizations that I care about most. This spring has been no exception to giving of my time, talents and energy! Here are some photos of events for Tucker Historical Society this spring.
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| Tucker Plant Swap and Share in April - This event is so much fun! |
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It may look messy to you, but we start with about 1000 propragated baby plants and then the community takes over from there. Thanks to Tucker First Baptist Church for their parking lot to hold the event and to all the society members who work the event.
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Tucker Historical Society's 2012 10th Annual Garden Tour was held May 19th and it was a beautiful day for a garden tour! 5 private gardens and the pic above is from the Master Gardener's Butterfly Garden at Browning Courthouse.This is garden is open to the public - what a great way to learn about the life of a butterfly! Thank you Dawn!
The five private gardens were amazing this year with two repeats from previous years and three new gardens were added. Each one is special unto itself. When you put them together on a tour, it really highlights not only the garden but the gardeners who work months to bring it all together with their own special touch to their own special place!
Organizing the garden tour is a group effort of so many people and while I personally logged many miles and hours, it could not happen without the Garden Tour Sponsors, the businesses who are the Ticket Outlets, our Garden Greeter volunteers, Tucker Arts Guild's artists in the gardens, our board and our members and more folks in Tucker. The local media of Tucker Times and Up Close & Personal in Tucker share the event news with their readers and really help bring the Tucker community closer together.
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| The Bentley Garden |
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| The Kramer Garden |
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| The Netzell Gronwall Garden |
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| The Riggins Garden |
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| The Samford Garden |
Tucker Day was Saturday, May 12th from 9am to 4pm. The theme was "It's a New Day" and it was a great day for Tucker Historical Society! Everyone who stopped at our booth reminised over the old photos and recalled their personal memories and sacrifices when they touched the WWI and WWII uniforms on display. We met so many people who wanted to share some of their memories of Tucker Day - we put some of those on camera for a video and that turned out very well!
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| Grayson and Trish working hard at the booth! |
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| Mr. Robbie Robinson who worked at Smith Shoes on Main Street in the 1950's through the 1980's sharing his happy memories. |
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| The donated WWI and WWI uniforms and the Tucker Library quilt from 1985. Now that I've shared my memories of Tucker Historical Society's springtime events, I'll close by saying Happy Memorial Day to our Veterans and thank you for your service! Design Your Life - Live Your Life! Kat |
