February in Summerdale

Soon after we arrived at Rainbow Plantation, Mardi Gras began. Friday evening began with dinner and the selection of the King and Queen. Saturday morning was breakfast, with the arrival of the King and Queen by tractor, with a mini tractor parade following. Sunday was the ice cream social. Monday was the lively parade followed by lunch and an auction of caned chairs for CARE. Bid as we did, there were people that wanted the rocker that I had my eye on more than I did. I had chosen a beautiful maple rocker that had a snowflake pattern on the back and a regular cane seat. I stopped bidding at $350. It went for $375. The winner donated the chair back to the auction, with a homemade teddy bear sitting on the seat. So, bid again I did. This time the bid went to $495 and we thought it was done, but Leo bid $500. He won and only took the teddy bear. So, it was put up again and it sold for the $495 previously bid. That one rocker brought in $1270. The total auction of 22 chairs and one ottoman brought in $4500. WOW. Needless to say, I came home without a chair. Here is the chair that I did not win.

Well, Fat Tuesday was another great meal followed by skits and music. A fun time was had by all.

King, Ron Phinney

King and Queen in the Parade

Jean's wild socks!

Parade

Well, since all the excitement things have settled down. Phil has been busy working on his tractor engine. He has had to clean and paint lots of parts. When he got the block on the engine stand, he and Jon discovered that it had two cracks. So, the option was to try to have it repaired or to locate another block. Jon found another block and went and got it for us. Phil has been cleaning that one, so hopefully they can start reassembling the whole thing soon.

I have been to beading and I am working on a project that I started several years ago. I had to research and relearn the pattern because it has been so long since I had worked on it. I hope to have it done soon. We also go to the Computer Group for tech talk every Thursday. This is a fun group of people.

We have played cards frequently and gone out to eat a few times. We have been to The Gift Horse, which is a great buffet in a really neat building. Of course, fried shrimp at Big Daddy's is always a good meal.

The weather has not been as good as it was in Florida, but hopefully we will see more sunshine this week. The grass is green, the azaleas are in bloom and the song birds are here, so I guess we can put up with a few clouds.

We have seen lots of our friends here, it is always wonderful to meet and catch up on news. March has lots of activities planned, I let you know what we are up to next time.