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SMELL THE ROSESWhen you stop to “smell the roses,” you are taking the time to en-joy life. This term, an idiom, is one which many of us should stop to consider in this age where information is available instantly with the push of a few computer keys or a smartphone application and we stay too busy and too connected!• Roses have been popular for their beauty and scents for thou-

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• According to “The Ultimate Rose Bush.” There are three groups of roses: wild roses, old garden roses recognized and established before 1867, and hybrid or modern roses. Hybrids are created when two roses are cultivated to create a new variety or breed. Most new hybrids are bred to create great scents or for blooms that are longer lasting.

• With the popularity of rose scents, it is no wonder that an idiom for slowing down in life was spoken many years ago. Rose gar-dens are great places to relax and reflect.

• The White House Rose Garden is quite possibly the most pho-tographed rose garden in the world. President John F. Kennedy started the tradition of holding ceremonies and media events in the garden close to the Oval Office in Washington, D.C. Ros-es were first planted there in 1913. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation naming the rose as the official National Floral Emblem of America.

• Victoria, British Columbia, at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, on the western coast of Canada, is known as the City of Gardens. Not only does Victoria boast the presence of the beautiful Butchart Gardens, a National Historic Site, but it is also home to Hatley Park. Both have exquisite rose gardens.

• Butchart Gardens has 55 acres (22 ha) of flowers with a rose garden among them. The rose garden was first planted in 1922.

• Hatley Park, with landscaping design dating back to 1912, is home to Royal Roads University. The 565 acre (228 ha) estate has three showcase areas with a beautiful rose garden as one of the three. In the early days of the estate 100 gardeners were employed to tend the grounds.

• The largest rose garden in Asia is in the “garden city” of Chan-digarh, India. An annual rose festival is held at Dr. Zakir Hus-sain Rose Garden where more than 2,000 varieties of roses and 50,000 rose trees bloom annually. It covers 30 acres (12 ha).

• Empress Josephine of France created the rose garden of her dreams in 18th century France. She was the wife of Napoleon Bonaparte and her real name was actually “Rose.” Josephine purchased the Château de Malmaison in 1799. The home and grounds changed hands many times but were donated to the state in 1906. It is now one of the many historical museums in Paris.

• The oldest municipal rose garden in the United States is Eliza-beth Park in West Hartford, Connecticut. Only two and a half acres (1 ha), there are about 15,000 roses of approximately 800 varieties.

• Portland, Oregon is the home of the “oldest official continuously operated public rose test garden in the United States.” The In-ternational Rose Test Garden was founded in 1917. Portland is also the “City of Roses” and has been hosting the Portland Rose Festival for 105 years!

• Whether you live near or far from roses and rose gardens, take some time to appreciate the sights and smells of beauty around you!

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Coffee BreakEvents and Items of Interest in Baldwin County

• WIDOW TO WIDOW SUPPORT GROUP meets at the Summerdale First Baptist Church every 4th Sunday in the Fellowship Hall at 3 PM. Non-denominational grief support group with no cost. Look forward to meeting you and assisting with the pain and grief of your loss. Call Marilyn Crockett 251-677-0104

• Cruise-In at the Foley Sonic on the third Friday of each month. Classic, modern and antique cars are welcome. Walk around and visit 5-8:30pm.

• The Delta Woods & Waters Expo, is an annual event sponsored by the City of Spanish Fort and held at 5 Rivers Delta Resource Center. The expo showcases the amazing natural resources of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta while promoting responsible outdoor recreation and appreciation of our unique area. There will be many hands-on activities including the Marine Resources live animal touch tank, The Marine Police virtual jet ski, hunter safety and a virtual shooting range, a sea life exhibit by the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, a Boy Scout camp, nature photography lessons by photographer Fountain Howard (bring your camera), guided woodland nature walks and a red bellied turtle challenge. There will also be food, beverages, boat rides, recycling education, hiking tours, crafts and other kid-friendly activities. Join with us as we showcase the Mobile-Tensaw Delta and build community spirit through this fun and educational event. For more information visit call 251-626-4884. 3rd Annual Delta Woods & Waters Expo. “Discover the Delta” at 5 Rivers on the Causeway, April 30 2011, 9am – 4pm.

• The Baldwin County Extension Office’s Master Environmental Education Program is now accepting applications for 2013/2014 volun-teers. No previous teaching experience is required. Background check fee $10. Training and materials are provided at no additional cost. Volunteer instructors travel to schools within the county and present environmental education topics to students. Application deadline is June 1st. For more information, call 251-937-7176 or 943-5061/928-0860 ext 2222, visit www.aces.edu/Baldwin or email [email protected].

• Bluegrass by the Tracks @ Wales West in Silverhill every Tuesday and Friday night 7pm-9pm, weather permitting. For more info, visit www.waleswest.com.

• Moonlight Chasse’ Ballroom Dance Society meets the first and third Monday of each month @ Fitzpen Place in Spanish Fort at 7pm. Dance Lessons 7-7:30pm, Salsa, Cha Cha, Swing, Rumba, Waltz, etc. 7:30-10pm. Visit www.moonlightchasse.com for more info.

• Peaceful, Concerned Citizens Wanting Better Government Open Meeting, every Tuesday at 6:30pm at the Fairhope Public Library. Call 251-298-7899 or 251-942-7829 for more info.

• Friends and Family of Addicts/Alcoholics meet every Thursday 6-8pm at The Shoulder in Daphne. Please call 251-626-2199.

• Eastern Shore Fly Fishers meet every third Thursday of each month at 6:30pm @ Fairhope Yacht Club. For more info visit www.eastern-shoreflyfishers.com

• Model Train exhibit @ Foley Railroad Museum every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 10am-2pm. Visit www.foleyrailroadmuseum.com for more info.

• Senior Adult Fun and Fitness every Monday and Thursday @ 3pm at The First Baptist Church of Bay Minette. Call 251-937-9536 for more info.

• Foley Senior Center, 304 E. Rose Ave. Foley, 251-943-1877. MONDAYS - 9:30 Pinochle (bring a brown bag lunch); 10:00 Exercise with Loralea $1.00 for members & $2.00 for guests; 12:30-4:30 Duplicate Bridge; 1:30-4:00 Mexican Train Dominoes. TUESDAYS - Crochet 9:30 (1st & 2nd Tues); 2:00pm Chair Yoga W/ Loralea, $1.00 for members & $2.00 for guests; BINGO 2:00 (2nd Tues); Potluck 12:00 (Last Tues). WEDNESDAYS -8:00 Open Jam; 12:00 Party Bridge 1:00pm Line Dance With Marilyn; Square Dancing 2:30 $5.00 per person. THURSDAYS 8:00 Yoga with Loralea $1.00 for members $2.00 for guests; 9:00 Senior Travelers (2nd & 4th Thursdays); 9:30 Pinochle (bring a brown bag lunch); 1:00 exercise with Dr. Sam Graber $1.00 for members & $2.00 for non-members; 1:00-4:00 Open billiards. FRIDAYS - 9:00 Senior T.O.P.S. meeting; 9:00 Intermediate Tai Chi $1.00 members and $2.00 guests, 10:00 Beginner Tai-Chi $1.00 members and $2.00 guests. SATURDAYS -lst & 3rd Saturday Night Dance- Doors open at 6:00 and dance begins at 7:00. Music provided by Various bands. Cost is $5 for Foley Senior Center Members and $7 for non-members. April 9th Bingo with Paula Hoffman of community hospice. April 16th is Movie Madness at the Foley Library at 1pm we will be viewing Lincoln starring Daniel Day-Lewis, cost is 50 cents please call or sign up to reserve your space. April 19th Lunch N Learn at 11:30. Soup & Salad fro $2 or brown bag it we will provide dessert and drinks. April 29th Shred it Day in city of Foley bring documents to be shredded to back of city hall between 3-5pm. April 30th Pot Luck the city will do ham, advisory board meeting following pot luck.

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Vanished into Thin . . . Mints by Lori Dixon

As I get older, I’m not as sharp as I used to be, but I’d like to believe I am a smart cookie nonetheless. Lately, however, my memory plays tricks on me and I spend a great deal of time looking for stuff. It’s not like I lose things, as that would mean they are . . . lost, but rather I just misplace things . . . temporarily.

Like my husband.

No, I’m not insinuating that he loses things. I lost him. For over twenty minutes. In one average-sized Safeway.

As we headed to the checkout, I realized that I needed to use the washroom before venturing home. I reminded my dear husband of certain sale prices that he needed to watch for as they rang up the groceries. Being a man who holds three degrees, I knew he could handle the job.

Exiting the washroom a few minutes later, I walked back and forth across the front of the store checking each till. Now, I must confess that in a vain attempt to deny my age, I had left my glasses in the car. It’s not like I’m blind, I only require them for distance . . . like when I am driving, watching moviesor clearly, finding my man in a grocery store.

Finally spotting him in the far end of the produce section, I mut-tered to myself, wondering what he was adding to the basket.

Squinting, I motioned to him as I slowly approached. A woman was chatting him up and they were looking far too friendly for my liking. A few feet away, he finally came into focus. This was not my husband. Blushing and aware of my flirtatious wave and motions given only seconds before, I ducked behind the closest display.

That’s when I caught a glimpse of him; I saw his back just as he turned the far end of the cereal aisle. My shoes slid across the pol-ished floor as I skid towards him, being sure to not lose sight of my target. He was motoring and clearly looking for me as he did not stop; the Mario Andretti of the grocery store. For a moment, I eyed a can of black beans and thought about winging it in his direction.

Huffing and puffing, I finally got up behind him. Thank God the stranger turned around just as I was about to grab his shoulder. To occupy my awkward hovering hand, I contemplated grabbing a bag of Depends on display right next to him, but instead pre-tended to wave to someone a few feet away.

A kind and clearly flattered silver-haired-fox waved back.

Sauntering back to the checkout aisles, I looked up and down the store one last time, straining my eyes and nervously grinning in sheer desperation. Who would have thought that dozens of grey-haired men spent their Sunday afternoons walking around Safe-way stores in dark jackets? Whatever happened to a nice game of golf . . . or lawn darts?

I was done. I had smiled at so many strange men, I wasn’t sure if I was about to be picked up or adopted.

What was the rule when lost? Was it wise to stay put so you can be found? Or is it more prudent to keep moving and actively search? But wait! Was I lost? Or was he?

Looking at the customer service desk, the thought occurred to me that public humiliation may be necessary. I could have them put out an announcement of a lost boy. As funny as that would be, it was a long walk back to the house; especially since we shop in the United States and live in Canada. Traveling across the border also renders our cell phones inoperable.

When in doubt, go to a logical place to be found.

Shrugging my shoulders I departed the store. Some miniature cookie thugs accosted me and strong-armed me into buying a box of Thin Mints. I told them that if a grey-haired gentleman came out and was looking a bit confused; to please send him to the coffee house next door.

I had cookies. I had caffeine. Now it didn’t matter to me how long it took for us to find each other. I may not have three de-grees like my husband, but I manage, even when we’re 180 de-grees off course.

PrayerThe following is a prayer I read in the office of one of my Radio program sponsors: “Dear God, in the work of this day, make me decent, orderly, useful, appreciative, courageous and kind. Let me not weaken myself by anger, cheapen myself by boasting or play the fool by lying. Give me to remember that there are others in the world besides myself, and that they are men liken unto myself. Teach me to observe the rules of the game; to come through defeat with strengthened courage and out of victory with gratitude and humility. Let me be mindful of the great value of friend and foe, for they both are much of my own making. For my own sake and the sake of my loved ones and associates, keep mewholesome and cheerful. If the devil of error should grip me when disturbed, grant me the good sense to go quietly alone until the impulse to act or speak unkindly shall have passed. At the end of each day, bring me to the knowledge that greed, malice, envy and hatred have played a lessor part in my thinking and that my weariness is the result alone of well doing. In Jesus name..” This would be a good prayer for each of us to pray every morning.

1. Is the book of Hosea in the Old or New Testament or neither?2. From Luke 8:2, how many demons did Mary Magda-lene have in her? 1,

3, 7, 143. Who wrote in Proverbs 13:24, “He that spareth his rod hatest his son”? David, Solomon, Job, Ruth4. From Judges 13-16, who was the ANSWERS: 1) Old; 2) 7; 3) Solomon; 4) Samson; 5) 8; 6) God

strongest man on earth? Hercules, Samson, Obadiah, Thor5. During the great flood, how many humans were on the ark (Gen. 7:13)? 2, 4, 6, 86. In Psalms 68:5 who is “father to the fatherless”? Oneself, Heaven, Fool, God

A Note From the EditorIn hopes that we’ve all seen the last cold snap of the season, I ventured out for some lovely hanging baskets, vegetable plants and seeds and planters for our front porch. Never show-ing any real potential at being a green thumb, I will do my best attempting to grow tomatoes, peas, peppers and cucumbers this year. My nine-year-old helper promises to be a devoted plant-watering girl so I’m hoping we will nurture these plants and they will actually yield vegetables. Otherwise, I predict there will be a very disappointed nine-year-old asking repeat-edly, “Why won’t anything grow?”

I can remember spending hot summer days with my grandpar-ents in their garden. Then, it felt like torture but I now realize that I had the opportunity to gain a great deal of knowledge and experience if only I had tuned in to the work at hand. Back then, their garden seemed enormous and my only concern was, “When will the strawberries be ready?” I took for granted all the beans, peas, tomatoes and peppers that grew in abun-dance just feet away from my grandparents’ carport.

I find myself reflecting on that wonderful garden very often these days. I wish I could step just outside our garage and find fresh produce growing in our backyard. Considering I am such a novice and very much a “newbie” to the gardening world, I’m hoping our container vegetables will be a good start. With a little help from my apprentice I’m sure this time next year we will be true experts and our next garden will double, or even triple, in size. Whether you plant in a container or on hundreds of acres, it’s not just the sun and the rain involved. It takes a lot of heart, too, and this season I wish you happy planting!

Be blessed,Audrey Chambers


The Baldwin County Heritage Museum First Annual Her-

itage Arts & Camellia Festival (HACF) was held February

16, 2013 on the grounds of the museum. The 600 plus

visitors enjoyed touring the museum, walking the ca-

mellia grove, watching demonstrations of how to make

corn husk dolls, chair caning and blacksmithing, viewing

antique tractors from the South Baldwin Antique Tractor

and Engine Club, and listening to the musical perform-

ers. Plans are already underway for 2014 Festival. Mark

your calendars for January 25, 2014 with a rain date of

February 1, 2014. The HACF Committee is seeking more

demonstrators for heritage arts and volunteers to help

with this event. If you wish to be a demonstrator or vol-

unteer for this event, please contact the Baldwin County

Heritage Museum at 251.986.8375 or email bchm@gulf-

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Photo: Registration Tent at Baldwin County Heritage Mu-seum ’s First Annual Heritage Arts & Camellia Festival.

GyroGym Fun at Fairhope American LegionThe American Legion in Fairhope held a community yard sale on March 30, 2013 and Don Prosch of GyroSpace had his GyroGym equipment, in both youth and adult sizes, on hand.

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