Friday, September 29, 2017 – Blowing the VC, Pulling Annuals out of the Lyon Drug & Herb Garden, Brigham Young’s Home, Land & Records Office, Rendezvous, Shirley & Mel Chappell

We did our usual Friday leaf blowing at the Visitor’s Center, the Women’s Garden and all the way down Main Street from the Cultural Hall to the Post Office. Then we went to the “Pioneer Memorial” at the Exodus Point by the river and cleaned and blew those sidewalks too. 

Next, we were at it again, this time we went with Richard to the Lyon Drug and Herb Gardens to pull all of the Annual flowers and herbs from two of the flowerbeds. We made a point of only pulling the annuals, all of the perennials we stay and ingratiate the gardens for years to come.

The great thing about working at the Lyon drug this morning was the smell. We must have pulled dozens of varieties of different herbs and spices, the scent was heavenly. The aroma reminded me of when I was a little boy walking into my grandmother’s kitchen when she was baking. All of those herbs and spices smelled wonderful.

After we finished two of the very large flowerbeds at the Lyon Drug we were off to weed and clean some of our regular spots. We did the historic home of Brigham Young as well as the “Land & Records” office. We haven’t been back to these two locations in four weeks yet there weren’t many weeds. We seem to be keeping on top of the weed problem.

At tonight’s “Rendezvous” show we had another one of those “Nauvoo Tender Mercies.” After the show we were greeting the guests as they came out of the Cultural hall and we discovered a cousin from Idaho! Shirley Chappell (daughter of Art & Lenore Quist, Arco Idaho) and her husband, Mel, are in Nauvoo with friends for a few days. We had a very nice visit. It is wonderful how these unexpected surprises pop up.