ANTS!
Ants, there are a lot of the pesky critters around these days. I have been getting them in the house on and off for a couple of years now. They only got into the basement, and 99% were in my workshop....
View ArticleDreamview Gardens, final report
Good afternoon everybody! I took a look around the community gardens today, and arguably David Tidd has done the best gardens ever. Add in the ones done by the villa owners and the place looks better...
View ArticleWasn’t that a Party!
If you missed the barbecue last night, you missed a good one. First of all, we had perfect weather, the food was good and the company was great. I had a great time as did everybody else judging by the...
View ArticleArt Classes
Our Condo Complex, Sienna Park Green Village, originally named DreamView Village is fortunate to have a number of activities offered by the Social Committee. This committee is chaired by Beth Dorsey,...
View ArticleOur Board 2011 – 2012
It’s all over now, the AGM was last night and a new board has been chosen. It will be composed of three members of last years board, and two new members who have not served before. I was privileged to...
View ArticleDreamview Landscape
At our last AGM, on Thursday, there was a bombshell announcement, by the guy who has done an incredible job on our landscaping. He wishes to retire, and let someone else lead the way. I suppose it is...
View ArticleSienna Park Green Village, (alias Dreamview Village)
We were invited to a friends villa a few days ago for an afternoon get together. There was about 10 people altogether, and it was a great time. We have been doing this with essentially the same...
View ArticleCalgary Stampeders
Calgary Stampeders Well, we got our money’s worth with the game yesterday when Calgary won the west division. It was an exciting game to watch and Kevin Glenn deserved the win. It was truly a team...
View ArticleDreamview Village, part 2
While extolling the virtues of our community, I was remiss in that I did not dwell at any length on value we get from the volunteers we have. We have them in spades! To show just how many volunteer...
View ArticleGrey Cup Championship Part 2
As I mentioned in yesterdays blog, I was going to a Grey Cup party in our amenity building (clubhouse) where a number of our fellow residents were going to gather, have a drink or two, some nibblies,...
View ArticleDeer Run to Dream View
Yesterday we had a few of our friend from the community in for some canapés and some drinks. We have been doing this for some time now, and the others in our group have done the same. Today I got...
View ArticleDream View Blossoms
David has left his evidence all over our fair community. It is only going to get better, rest assured about that. In the meantime, I offer you a number of pictures that I took on the last day of our 2...
View ArticleDreamview Blossoms part 2
I promised some other photos from another of our residents, who I knew had taken pictures just prior to the big rains we had. The resident is Dawnie Gu and she has kindly allowed us to publish her...
View ArticleFREE EPUB BOOKS
As you know by now if you have been following the saga of the free books, you are aware that the editor of the Scuttlebutt refused to print my request for inclusion in our newsletter. I am aware that...
View ArticleDreamview landscape update July 2/2013
For some time now, I have been keeping an eye on the growth of the plants we have in our gardens. It seems that every day they get better, but I know that is coming to an end with the temperature going...
View ArticleRed Cross and a Coffee party
This all started about12 days ago when a few of us were sitting around enjoying some fine wine with some hot canapés, kind of enjoying each others company when the topic of the epic Alberta Flood came...
View ArticleI’m just a little ticked!
You may recall a recent blog that described a fund raiser we held for the Red Cross where we raised money for flood relief in Southern Alberta. Following the fund raiser we had collected some $717.00...
View ArticleDreamview Gardens update, Front Entrance
As I promised early on in the year, I would keep you updated and apprised with respect to what the gardens are looking like in our fair community. Today I am sharing the flower gardens at our two front...
View ArticleWasn’t that a party!
Being as how we are enduring the absence of a credible Scuttlebutt, I will have to use his as a way to cover our most recent party! As the Irish Rovers sang in their song Wasn’t that a party: “Could’ve...
View ArticleTicked, continued.
I assume it was our regular Scuttlebutt delivery person who was up and out so early this morning. If so, thank you Bryce! I found it in my mail box at around 7, and it was not there at 6:30. Prunes...
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