I had the good fortune to be invited to a wedding celebration in Miami FL on Feb 15, 2014 - temperature around 80 degrees, sunny, comfortable - a far cry from Franklin County's snow.
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| Our Next Door Neighbor |
We went to celebrate the wedding of a college friend, Annie, and husband Jose. They created a different kind of celebration; located at Camp Mahachee, a Girl Scout camp, they gathered 100 friends to do a service project to upgrade the camp (Clearing vines, cleaning roofs, laying pathways, and creating a butterfly garden).
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| Cleaning up the bed |
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| Planting in progress |
I was on the butterfly garden team, and we worked the day cleaning up a previously-planted area, identifying plants, planting them, mulching them, watering them, and then creating a garden map for the leaders and scouts to use for identification of plants.
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| Finishing up |
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| The butterflies were there before we were done! |
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| Project complete |
At the end of the day, following a huge Cuban-inspired dinner and toasting/roasting session,
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| Happy couple Annie & Jose being toasted but mostly roasted |
a lot of weary souls settled down to a great campfire…
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| Camp Mahachee campfire |
Jerry,
ReplyDeleteThis is a fantastic idea for a wedding celebration and obviously good work on the butterfly garden.
Thanks for sharing this. It may be a good theme for a wedding anniversary, too.
Carol Kagan
Isn't that a great idea? Both Annie & Jose have always been involved in scouts and wanted to do something to help. Her sister-in-law (quite an artist) did a beautiful design picture of the completed garden. It is a great idea for others.
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