Submitted by Rachael Smithey
Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for the Hummingbird Block Party! Great food, laughter, and conversation made for a wonderful afternoon. Thank you Matt, Debbie and Sophie for hosting the party on your gorgeous lot! During the festivities, we had the opportunity to see our community in action!
Many of us have heard the dog howling in the neighboring mobile home park. During the party, Dana and Stan (and Bobby Lee!) shared that the dog’s owner had been hospitalized. The dog had a doggie door and could come and go freely, and caring neighbors were making sure he had food, water, and attention.
Dana and Stan know and contacted the property manager and offered to help connect everyone involved. The dog’s owner has finally been released from the hospital and reunited with his pup. This is a pic of Bobby Lee sitting in my chair (sometimes it’s Vanessa’s chair, sometimes it’s my chair, now it’s Bobby Lee’s chair).
Then an unexpected visitor wandered into the party…a lone gosling!
Tricia rescued the little one, and neighbors from across Timber Valley quickly stepped in to help.
Dianne Good contacted Bob Day, who works with a wildlife rescue. Bob safely transported the gosling to a wildlife rescue facility in Oakland, where it could receive the care it needed.
These moments captured the very best of Timber Valley. Thank you to everyone who helped make the afternoon such a memorable celebration of our community!
