Tom, visiting from across the street, found a head in our garden. It was my organic chemistry professor. Blogfinger photo. 06/20/21.
Paul Goldfinger, Editor Blogfinger.net. June 20, 2021. Re-post for old- times’ sake.
Well, to tell the truth, I have no idea how the 15 other sites did, numbers-wise, but it doesn’t matter. The point is that some people, Grovers and non, came out on a hot Sunday to go visiting, to see some gardens, to chat with the gardeners and their schleppers (in our case, that would be me) and to have a happy time–and we did.
It was delightful to greet people in our garden and to chat a bit. We had visitors from Ocean Township, Bradley Beach, Asbury Park, and Toms River, plus Grovers.
We met gardeners, birders, plant experts, pond fish curious, Groucho fans, Blogfinger fans, a lady with a broken arm, a man who looks at Grovers from the other side of Fletcher Lake, a neighbor who never saw our garden before, a Dad who took a Father’s Day call while standing next to me, a woman who promised to come back and she did, and a few who enjoyed the ginger snaps which we put out.
I found those snaps at Wegmans. They are baked at an Amish bakery where they have been baking them with real ginger for over 100 years.
It was hot, so we offered iced tea and cold water as did Rena and Dan over on Asbury Avenue.
One guy liked my Groucho shirt, so I said, “Say the secret word and watch the duck come down.”
He just moved into Mt. Carmel Way. He said that he had a struggle being able to buy the house; The market is very competitive. I told him that he lives in the Ocean Grove Mountains—something his realtor left out. He and I like that name.
And many thanks to all the Grovers who participated today. You set an example for the sort of community life-style changes which we need in our town.
Blogfinger hosting at the tour. “I shot an elephant in my pajamas–how it got there I ‘ll never know.”
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