We had plenty of volunteers here today (see above) and the week looks pretty good for the most part altho
ugh we might get some freezing drizzle tonight. The lights show will be open to the public this Friday, December 16th (4:30 pm - 8 pm). I'm not one to mention names (Rollie, Maury, Gary, Marv, Del and Dick H.) but the guys above took an extra long break early today... Today was a "fun day" as I was able to start really going thru some catalogs and have finally sifted, sorted, purged and organized the past two years of photos (15,000+) so I'm able to utilize them for presentations and can minimize my time trying to find a specific shot. Kelli and I are figuring out the best way to back everything up in multiple locations too. I have roughly 20 categorical files for all my photos but could easily sub-divide those topics. I need to futher organize our historic photos (scanned from slides and phot
os) but overall, I'm glad to have caught up. To the left is Dr. Gredler going thru 5,000+ pens that we've had in storage for the past twelve years. These Parker pens have a neat flag design on them and were donated for our 10th anniversary way back in 1999. Most are still good but we need to sift out the dregs. I believe we'll be giving these away at upcoming events which may include the Holiday Lights Show (HLS).We had a good turnout of volunteers. Larry H. and Dennis went out in the gardens to do some more clean-up. It's nice to have some gardening progress yet in December as this would be work we'd have t
o do in late March / early April when it is more soggy. Urban was out doing some more pruning. He, Larry and I will take a tour of the gardens later this week to discuss our pruning "targets" and goals for the winter months. We have some larger removals we'll consider as well. To the upper right is Bob A. putting the second coat of primer on the oak leaves for the 2012 Art in the Gardens project. Last year, some of the butterflies had some structural issues and
we thought another coat of primer (we only did one last year) may make a difference for longevity out in the gardens. Vern, Jim and Dave worked on some other carpentry projects and we just gave them three more projects to consider for this winter. Aside from the guys mentioned above, we also saw Bill O., Mary W., Marianne and Janice (to the left) was in to go thru the latest catalogs. Here she is looking at potential tomato varieties for our 2012 veggie collections and spring plant sale. To the lower right is Dick H. who helped Larry put the chains on our Grasshopper mower/snowblower. Larry spent most of the day working on equipment repairs. Below are some newly repaired displays (thanks Randy!) that will be stored and used for the next HLS. Randy has been at the Horticulture Center working on repairs the past two Saturdays. However, we wont use them this year and compromise our power "grid". Randy (and his dad) were the original creator of these displays and we appreciate the generous maintenance package offered over the past decade! 
o do in late March / early April when it is more soggy. Urban was out doing some more pruning. He, Larry and I will take a tour of the gardens later this week to discuss our pruning "targets" and goals for the winter months. We have some larger removals we'll consider as well. To the upper right is Bob A. putting the second coat of primer on the oak leaves for the 2012 Art in the Gardens project. Last year, some of the butterflies had some structural issues and
we thought another coat of primer (we only did one last year) may make a difference for longevity out in the gardens. Vern, Jim and Dave worked on some other carpentry projects and we just gave them three more projects to consider for this winter. Aside from the guys mentioned above, we also saw Bill O., Mary W., Marianne and Janice (to the left) was in to go thru the latest catalogs. Here she is looking at potential tomato varieties for our 2012 veggie collections and spring plant sale. To the lower right is Dick H. who helped Larry put the chains on our Grasshopper mower/snowblower. Larry spent most of the day working on equipment repairs. Below are some newly repaired displays (thanks Randy!) that will be stored and used for the next HLS. Randy has been at the Horticulture Center working on repairs the past two Saturdays. However, we wont use them this year and compromise our power "grid". Randy (and his dad) were the original creator of these displays and we appreciate the generous maintenance package offered over the past decade! 
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