Here are few snaps from the annual auction and luncheon. We make some serious money for the club and had a lot of fun doing it.
Our Auctioneer & President
Sunny Offerings
Awaiting the Show!
A Lovely Planting
Paying Rapt Attention to the Auctioneer
Our New Officers Are Installed. Left to Right: Florence (Corresponding Secretary), Susan (Treasurer), Diana (President), Rita (Recording Secretary), Jill & Betsy (Co-Vice Presidents) (Thanks to Nance for this picture.)
Tomorrow is the big day! One of the items that you can bid on is a succulent garden for your very own. Terri hosted a planting party which resulted in these centerpieces for the tables. Here is how they looked when first done a month ago or so. It will be fun to see how much they have grown. See you at the auction!
Fixin’s…
Hard at work…
Finished!
Margery Heffron
Garden Club members who remember the wonderful Margery Heffron, who died all too soon in 2011, will be pleased to know that her biography of Louisa Catherine Adams, that she worked on for more than 30 years, has been published by Yale University Press. It has been greeted by glowing reviews in the New Yorker and in the both the daily and the Sunday New York Times, where it landed a spot on the coveted front page. A review in the New York Review of Books is due out soon. It is exceedingly rare and a great honor for a book by an unknown author and an “independent scholar” to receive this kind of attention.
On Tuesday, June 3, at 7 PM the Water Street Bookstore is hosting an event celebrating Margery’s achievement, “Two Admirable Women: Louisa Catherine Adams and her Biographer, the late Margery Heffron, Exeter Resident.”
~Becky M.
The last meeting was a ton of fun what with the pot swap, tea tasting, yummy noshes, 5 guests and the main event – “Art in Bloom”. The Artful Arrangers, a.k.a our own talented members, was brought to you by the Design Committee. Thanks to Connie for all her hard work on coordinating this event. There were 7 inventive and very different vignettes of cherished objects and arrangements, which were presented by the makers. Here are some snaps. (I have to apologize for failing to get a shot of Lynda’s wonderful “Singing in the Rain” display. She had a song and dance and everything! Please don’t hate me. If someone else got a shot, send it along and I’ll post it separately.)
~ Max
Susan’s Lovely Tea Party
Spring Centerpiece
Connie’s Asian Themed Display
Take Tea & See!
LuAnn’s Road Works
Free to a good garden!
Diana’s Quilt Show
Max’s Vegetable Garden
Betsy’s Easter Cookies
Patti’s Cherry Blossom Tea Party
The Jack-A-Lope makes a guest appearance – Just here for the food…
The Christmas luncheon was a success and we all liked the new venue – excellent food, bar and a cheery room. Nance took some picks to share. Looks like red was the color of the day!
