Did you open your recent envelope from realtor Penny Moulder? If not, you missed the Loving Mountain City flier which Penny, LMC Coordinator, mailed as a courtesy. This column recaps the details.
Fire & Ice, our biggest social event of the year, is Oct. 8, 4-9 p.m. Friends and family are invited.
This follows Tuesday, Oct. 4, National Night Out, where neighbors meet one another and local law enforcement and firefighters at the Smiths, 116 Cedar. Details forthcoming.
For Fire & Ice, bring your own blanket, chairs and beverages. For free, you may set up a shade canopy between 3– 4 p.m.
Our very own “Island Texas” plays and we dance the night away. For the kids, there’s a new LOW price for unlimited access to bounce house, etc. – five dollars!
There’s no entry fee for the 4-5 p.m. Fire and Ice Tasteoff. Register by Oct. 1. Chop your peppers and get your rock salt ready. Each attendee is eligible to cast one vote for “fire” and one vote for “ice.”
From 4-7 p.m., shop local. For those selling, until Oct.1 ground space for a booth is available. Nothing is provided. Reserve space by emailing lovingmountaincity@gmail.com or contacting Penny Moulder, (201) 573-8195.
Picnic with neighbors and friends at the festival. Hamburgers and hot dogs will be available while the limited supply lasts.
The flip side of the Loving Mountain City flier details Holiday Fun plans.
Many Mountain Cityians provide holiday delights, starting Thanksgiving weekend, with decorated houses and lawns. Many devote hours in November (even October) preparing and placing their displays for December-long splendor and fun.
Now is not too soon to hit the sales on holiday décor. The deadline for substantial completion of Holiday Décor (so “the best” can be recognized with yard signs and the route for Tour de Lights Hayride can be mapped) is 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 4.
Scouts will collect addresses on Sunday and Monday evening, and Mountain Cityians will select favorites through a ballot that weekend, starting Dec. 9. This year, “Old enough for email. Old enough to vote.”
The next weekend, Friday, Dec. 16, Santa arrives at City Hall at 6 p.m. The Tour de Lights Hayride will pull away about 7 p.m.
Back to the present, Queen butterflies by the hundreds and caterpillars by the dozens held me captive on Monday. So glorious. Such a beautiful and vivid picture to me of new life in Christ.
A small investment in Butterfly Weed and Blue Mistflower paid big dividends this year.
I hoped to sneak in, past my deadline, word of the Council’s decision on a trash service provider. Three bids were in hand time for the Monday night council meeting. But, they’re thick. Decision time is postponed to a special meeting next Monday, Sept.19, at 6 p.m.
Montage’s deadline is Monday noon. Please send tidbits as soon as feasible. ptom5678@gmail.com (subject: Tidbit) or 512 268 5678. Thanks!
Love, Pauline
