Local Faces – Page 5

Friday Meanderings

May 12, 2017May 12, 2017 by KTgreen

It’s hot!

And it’s DRY!

My yard is getting brown and crunchy. Which would normally be okay because it will come back when the summer rains start. Or if the rains don’t come–no big deal.

But I’ve got a wedding scheduled on the 27th. On that brown and crunchy grass!

I do water the garden beds and they are beautiful. Hopefully the bride and her guests will just see all of those beautiful flowers! Her colors are pink and green and I’ve tried to accommodate!

So what else is going on?

We put a Sign up at the Learning Center. Took several of the leading citizens of the community. Handling tools and standing on desks.

Look at those HAPPY FACES!

OKAY. These are the people that are saving our river and our community.

Pretty cool that Terry and I are part of it.

Right?

Then we all went to Old Mill to celebrate!

Woo-Hoo.

Okay. Just a couple more snaps.

Vivian, my little sewist on Wednesday, was supposed to make her mom coasters for Mother’s Day.

She made two.

And gave me one.

And one more.

In our Sew Cool Workshop on Thursdays, Connie almost finished her second boho bag.

Connie is a natural model

Sew Cool.

Right?

I LOVE THAT SNAP OF CONNIE!

Don’t forget about the FISHING HOMOSASSA 101 Seminar at the Old Homosassa Learning Center on Thursday, May 18 at 7 pm. Could be standing room only!

Have a great weekend. I will. Daughter Jes and her husband Andrew are coming in! Yippee!

Kathy

Old Homosassa Goes to Tallahassee

April 11, 2017 by KTgreen

I usually don’t post on Tuesday anymore. But…..this is kind of important.

We have two very active groups that are tirelessly working on projects for the Homosassa River. I posted a picture on Friday of the group and I’d like to tell you a little more about the good works that these people are doing

A wee bit of history–two years ago, Roger Cullen formed the “Access to the River” committee. Made up of members of the Homosassa Civic Club, The Homosassa River Alliance, and the Old Homosassa Heritage Council, the goal is to create a park on the Homosassa River. Hard to believe, but there is no park on the river.

After the “Access to the River” group visited the Save Crystal River King’s Bay project, Steve and Cyndy Minguy created the non-profit, “Homosassa River Restoration Project”. The goal is to restore the Homosassa River in the same method as the Crystal River group is doing.

Both projects need state funding.

Last Wednesday members of these groups made the trip to Tallahassee to fight for funding.

Old Homosassa goes to Tallahassee

Senator Simpson has sponsored a bill to help out the “Homosassa River Restoration Project” and it has been funded on the Senate side.

On the House side, the bill was sponsored by Rep Ralph Massullo and has come out of subcommittee but is not yet funded.

Both Senator Simpson and Represenative Massullo have been very supportive of the projects and continue to guide the groups to get that funding.

If you are also concerned about the health of the Homosassa River, you can help out the “Homosassa River Restoration Project” by emailing the legislative assistant to Representative Carlos Trujillo, Mauricio Montiel at Mauricio.Montiel@myfloridahouse.gov. Representative Trujillo is the Appropriation Committee Chairman and will have a lot to say from the House side on who is included in the final budget.

Your email would be so helpful, but please be nice and make it brief. Just ask that they fund Bill 2401 and help restore the Homosassa River and help our community. You can use the “Homosassa River Restoration Project” as the subject line.

Let’s save the Homosassa River now!

Old Homosassa goes to Tallahassee

Friday Meanderings

April 7, 2017 by KTgreen

Hummingbirds and Honey Bees.

Both good.

Both like sugar water.

When it comes to the “hummingbird” feeder, the bees win. Does anyone know how to keep the honey bees off of the feeder? We tried EVERY hint (that made sense) that was on the Internet. They don’t work.

Fortunately I have hummingbird bush and honeysuckle in the yard. Until the honey bees move on, there won’t be a hummingbird feeder!

I’m off to banjo camp this weekend! Four days this year. My brain will be mush by the time I get back! Well, maybe mushier than it already is!

I’m missing mermaid weekend in Cedar Key. Bummer. Oh, it’s also the Cedar Key Arts Festival which is my favorite art show. Oh no, the Homosassa Arts, Crafts, and Seafood Festival is my favorite art show.

And I’m missing an open jam at the Old Mill Tavern in Homosassa. Another bummer.

Banjo Al passed away in a car accident in February. The proceeds from the day will go to help out his fiance, Dee.

It’s hosted by Chuck Andrews–a good guy and great musician.

Something else I missed out on was a trip to Tallahassee on Wednesday with the “Access to the River” and the “Homosassa River Restoration Project” groups. I had planned on going but decided to stay and volunteer at the Old Homosassa Learning Center. Besides. I knew I had to drive to Tallahassee on Thursday for Banjo Camp and did I really want to do that two days in a row?

So that’s it from me today! Hope you have a great weekend, too.