By Jackie Deal
It happens every year. I end the season with unmatched gloves. Really, they’re gloves but for the sake of alliteration mittens sounded better. A couple years ago it was one red and one blue glove. The next year I ended the season with one blue and one black glove.
Where do the mates go? And anyway, who says gloves have to match? Okay, to be socially correct, gloves have to match. Last year I was determined to beat the odds. I bought three pair of blue gloves. Count ‘em. Six blue gloves floating around in my car, the house and yes, the yard when one got loose. But I thought I had it licked, I would end the winter season with at least one pair of matching gloves.
When winter started this year, and the steering wheel grew colder… no, I don’t have a heated steering wheel, sure wished I did. Nonetheless, it was time to begin a serious search for my gloves. Under the car seat? Nope. In the glove box, Nope. Ah ha, the back seat: one glove, dark blue. Huh! I bought three pair of MEDIUM blue gloves? Oh well, a glove is a glove and now to find one more. From under the kerfuffle of my back seat I found another glove. Red! Red! I haven’t had red gloves for years. I dug further and unearthed more gloves: I now have one dark blue, one red, one medium blue and one ugly tan glove. Do they match? Nope. Do I really care? Nope. I’ve started a new trend: un- matched gloves!
It’s that time of year for the rains and falling temperatures to descend upon us. Irrigation to common areas of the Park has been shut down. As a result this also shuts off water supply to the Dog Park, Garden and Snoopy’s Meadow sink/water fountain (bubbler).
Have you ever wondered if my meeting / activity is cancelled, or what time does it start? Do you ever see a conflict in printed dates or times? The answer is on the Park Calendar (TeamUp)! The Park Calendar is the MASTER. Lots of effort has been put into making this the MASTER….most other forms of communication come from this.
Tip for winter shutdown of your site:
The Office has welcomed Hannah Hedgehog. She was rescued by Mike and Terry Hilty #71 and brought here for some peace. It turns out she is from the English countryside. Hedgehogs are known to roll into a tight ball when trying to protect themselves. She was rolled through the leaves, which stuck to her tiny spikes. She made her way to Timber Valley’s garden, enjoying the wonderful tomatoes grown there! As the story goes, she is Henrietta’s long-lost cousin.
Timber Valley lost a vibrant, forever young member when Jan Turley passed away Sept 22, 2024 after battling shingles and a return of her leukemia. We will always remember: an avid Master Gardener, her yard awash with the plants she loved, a pinochle player with “the big boys”, a determined Fast Track player with “the girls”, a believer in Jesus, a lover of the Lamplighter cuisine, and so much more.