April 29, 2012 Lady Gertrude has arrived and is sitting on her nest here in Addison and I have noticed that there are several other Canadian geese nesting on the salt marsh.. A student on my bus said that she saw two eggs in Lady Gertrude’s nest. The students have been worried what with all of the rain that she might get cold or flooded out of her nest. Every day as we travel by in the bus they check her out. I attended a meeting Tuesday evening for the 150 celebration of Columbia Falls and learned that there will be a parade, fireworks, a contra dance/ball, and many more activities next year 2013 for this celebration. They have a long ways to go to get it all organized. I am sure if anyone has ideas or an interest to help them out they would be grateful. Many hands make light work. A reminder to everyone that returnable bottles and cans may be taken to Delia’s’ Branch Grocery and credited to the Columbia Falls 150 Celebration. They also will have on sale May 5th between 2-4 pm at the Former Community Room / Fire Station Student desks and chairs from the Columbia Falls Elementary. The cost is $10.00 a set. The proceeds will be used to support the Columbia Falls 150 Anniversary Celebration June 28-June 30 2013. There will be a local Pee Wee 3rd & 4th girl’s & boy’s basketball tournament this coming weekend May 4th & 5th at the D.W. Merritt school gym to benefit the celebration. This should be a good time for all participants. When I took my grandson Konner to his nursery school I was able to dig a huge box of dandelions there. On my way home I delivered several messes of them to five older folks that were unable to dig any for themselves, plus I got to visit with them a bit. I did keep enough for myself for several meals. While I was out and about digging these greens I picked a bouquet of daffodils for my home and found some May flowers all in blossom. I remember that my dad always picked my mom some May flowers as they were the first flowers in the spring to be found. I received an email from a distant relative this week with a photo of my husband’s great grandmother Rebecca Ann Beal Church; she was married to George Mifflin Dallas Church of Jonesport. I do so love to get photos and more information on our ancestors. Thursday evening Cathy Fonda and I attended the Jonesport Historical Society meeting at the Peabody Memorial Library. I would say over thirty folks attended this meeting on the three churches that are celebrating an anniversary this year. The Sawyer Memorial Congregational Church is 125 years old, the Jonesport Wesleyan Church is 100 years old, and the Community of Christ Church is celebrating 100 years at the site of its current church. A representative from each church spoke on their church history along with a picture slide show. Get well wishes go out to Al Moore and Fred Prince of Columbia Falls, Jack Baquinha of Texas and Justin Thompson of Addison.