A few years ago, my then 92-year-old neighbor asked if I would join her garden club. Since it met once a month and she was getting to an age where she needed help with transportation, I said I would. Two years later, I’m the club secretary and Miss Roberta, who has been attending Garden Club meetings for over 50 years, is still going strong.
Most of the meetings take place in the Grange, and there are three or four women in the garden club who have been Grange members their whole life.
The Grange is a place of rural pride, home to the 4-H Club and the Saint Patrick’s Day corned beef boiled dinner.
It is part of the National Grange system of 3,600 Granges in 37 states, with an American flag out front.
Roberta and her late husband Robert are both Past Masters of the Grange, with their picture on the wall.
This is the Garden Club. Many of the members have been attending meetings for decades. Ruth was the hostess today, and she brought cherry pie made with her own cherries from the deep freeze.
It was an exceptional pie. And Roberta looked like a flower
but was pretty annoyed because she couldn’t hear at the meeting. She was the principal of two schools in her prime. Just last year she ran a bear off her property by yelling at him. She is a small woman with a tiny jaw, but it was very firmly set at that garden club meeting.
I just found your blog off of Pioneer woman’s and just love it. I too am a lover of nature and just find your photos and writing a breath of fresh air. I would have said spring air as that is what I’m wishing for now but after seeing your snow storm photos it appears spring is a long time coming to your neck of the woods.
We travel to Colorado each year but I can never get enough of your beautiful state. I’ll be back often to read your blog.
Patti
I’m so glad you’re here! Alice
Hi! I too just found your blog, via Confessions of a Pioneer Woman, and I am sooo glad I did. It is just beautiful. Your post reminded me of our grange which was the heart of our little town where I grew up. Everything happened there, from funerals to weddings, to bake sales, Christmas fairs and best of all dances! That is where I first danced with a handsome cowboy! Your grange looks like it is in great shape still judging by the photo, while mine is tattered around the edges, and these days it is little used. I love your blog, and I will be back.
Thanks for coming! Alice
Like the others, I found your blog via Pioneer Woman.And I am so glad I did!
I’m a flat lander by birth, but a mountain woman in spirit. I love your beautiful photos and your writing.
I can’t wait to catch up and read more!
Like the others, I found your blog through Pioneer Woman. I love it. Having lived in NW Colorado when I was a child and then in Denver for 3 years, I’ve always been partial to Colorado.
Thank you for the great pictures!