7-19-2024
It’s Monday. Lisa has been on vacation for the past ten
days. She comes back to work tomorrow and I’m afraid she’ll walk in the door
take one look at our primula and leave. Brandy tells me it’s a German primrose. She knows
this from researching how to bring it back to life. Yes, I may have killed it.
“Why is this such a big deal?” you may ask. That’s an
excellent question since many of you may be like me and kill just about any
plant that enters the house. In a word, Nancy. The plant was gifted to the library
by a patron to show her gratitude and appreciation for the library. Nancy was
our green thumb and in charge of caring for it. Since she passed, I’ve been the
point person on that. Lisa has mentioned the importance of keeping it alive and
the guilt she/we will feel in the event of its demise. Send me all your
positive energy/thoughts/prayers. I have no memory of the last time I watered
it, which accounts for the sever dropping we’ve seen all day.
On the bright side, I have kept the pot of geraniums outside
alive and thriving. Of course, the rains probably helped and our Board Trustee
who waters when I can’t. Apparently, it takes a Village (and an ecosystem) to
raise a plant as well as a child. The geraniums are important as they were
planted in Nancy’s honor. Every summer she used to line her porch pots
containing over 80 plants.
My next large feat is the Summer Reading Pizza Party. I’ve
already fumbled the ball on collecting RSVPs. Anyone who participated in the
SRP is invited to have Genoa’s cheese pizza and watch the prize drawing on
Monday, July 29th. All
reading grids must be returned to the library no later than Saturday, July 27th
at 1:00 pm. Included in that deadline is placing tickets for the drawings in
the appropriate boxes. In order to prepare for the party, all the prizes and
drawing boxes will be taken down to Nancy’s Nook. The boxes won’t be accessible
for additional entries.
This year we’ve been handing out coupons from Kwik
Trip’s Kwik Books program to children
who return their reading grids. The coupon is good for one free item – either a
garden salad or pizza slice. Sorry adults, all our coupon sponsors, Kwik Trip,
Springs Water Park, Wisconsin State Fair, and Tanis Construction’s Walworth
County Fair tickets, are geared toward children reading. We have to do it
primarily for the love. However, the prizes sponsored by our Friends have no
age limit.
Reading Now: There, There by Tommy Orange, Solitaire by Alice Oseman
Listening to Now: The Dying Light by Joy Ellis ( DCI Matt Ballard Bk 3)
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