Once again, SABA will be coordinating a neighborhood-wide yard sale. This year, we will have the yard sale on Saturday, May 29. This is the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. The rain date will be Sunday, May 30.

The Beechwood Civic Association has held their yard sale on this day for many years and it attracts MANY customers. In fact, it has become such a tradition in their neighborhood they don't even have to advertise the event and people know to show up. We hope to piggyback on the excitement and enthusiasm of their event to make our yard sale particularly successful.

We have selected Saturday, May 8 for this year's spring planting. This is one of our two most substantial events for further improving the landscaping and beauty of Normandy Park. I think the spring planting ends up feeling more fulfilling because you can watch the fruits of your effort grow and blossom throughout the rest of the outdoor season into the fall.

As in the past, the success of this and the beauty of the park depends on you. We need your volunteer effort for planting all the new additions to the park. Also. most everything we plant comes as a donation from neighbors. So, please take a look around your yard to see what plants are ready for thinning or you have decided to replace with something new. Then, don't simply discard those old plants. Bring them to Normandy Park on May 8 to make your own, personal contribution to this pocket park that has been such a centerpiece for the community.

This is Freedom Playground's Build Week, and they need a lot of volunteers!

You can sign up on the website, or go there if you have an hour or two to spare. Childcare is available in one of the cottages in the Quadrangle.They especially need a.m. and p.m.volunteers during the week. All kinds of jobs available. Donations welcomed.

I helped put up signs on Prep Day on Monday. Was there today during Day 2 of Build Week. Had fun stacking 2x4's, then staining them.

They are selling T-shirts for $15, tiles for a hand print for $15, pickets and pavers.

Come out and help!

The Easter Egg Hunt was more successful than I could have imagined. Great job by the Alymers. Photographs :
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*March 22 Living in History: A Town Meeting about Ardmore and historic districts
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7pm meeting in St. Mary's Episcopal Church (church next to Ardmore post office) to help the neighborhood consider whether to create an historic district. Speakers include historic property homeowners, members of township staff and some Commissioners. Organized by the Lower Merion Conservancy, co-sponsored by the Ardwood Civic Association.*
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As we did last year, we will kick off the year of SABA activities with an Easter Egg Hunt. Last year was the first time we held this event and it was a huge success. Many families and children came out and had a great time, especially when the Easter Bunny arrived. Photos from last year's event can be seen at www.sabanews.org/node/126 and there is a link to SABA's Flickr page for more photos.

As many of you know, every year SABA works to further improve the landscaping at Normandy Park. We do this with planting events in the spring and fall and some clean-up or maintenance events at other times. Last year, we began our efforts in the park with a clean-up of the garden beds and preparing various spots around the park for the spring planting event. That clean-up was combined with the Egg Hunt as a way of welcoming in spring at Normandy Park.

Our annual Egg Hunt and Spring Planting will be held on Saturday, March 27 (rain date Sunday, March 28). More details will be available soon.

This will be our first coordinated event of the year to further improve the landscaping at Normandy Park. The weather will dictate what and how much we can plant. As the shoots begin showing themselves around your garden, start thinking about what plants you want to thin and donate to the park.

Rumor has it that the Easter Bunny will make an appearance as we welcome in spring.

Our next monthly SABA meeting will be held this Wednesday, March 10 at 7:30. As usual, we will meet at the house at Normandy Park.

Turnout for the meetings during the winter was low, which makes sense since it is a quiet time for SABA. Plus, the weather kept many of us hunkered down at home. Now, the snow is finally melting, flower shoots are beginning to sprout up, and we are starting to go outside because we want to, not because we have to shovel snow. This is when SABA activities begin to pick up speed and we are most in need of your energy and enthusiasm.

Brandy my year and half old Lab loved the snow. Me not so much.
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Before the next little addition of snow happens. I thought I would share a few photographs taken outside my home. Did not want to venture to much further.