Fall Clean Up 2017

We had a beautiful day for our fall clean up on October 21st! Once again neighbors came together to clean up both the front and back entrances for the upcoming winter. Our previous landscaping guru, Jim Muir, had since retired from the position and moved from the neighborhood, but thankfully John Varitimos and Janine Symes were willing to step up and tag team this important role:) Thank you so much!!! Also very grateful to Paul Bettle, the Brenton family, the Broderick family, Anne Caliento, John Chamberlain, Bill Morton, Sarah Pasternak, the Sullivan family, and the Symes family for pitching in to get the job done. Great work, everyone!!!

{John V. and Anne...always at every clean up!}

{Mother/Daughter team Janine and Elina Symes battle the bush...and win!}

{John C.}

{Paul making it look easy}

Fall Clean Up and Garden Dedication

Thank you to everyone who came out to help with our fall clean up on Saturday, October 29th: Anne and Joe Caliento, Maria Callum, John Chamberlain, Tim Corr, the whole Garrett family, Jim Muir, Bill Morton, Sarah Pasternak, and John Varitimos.

Besides making the front and back entrances look good and getting them ready for winter, we had a special dedication ceremony at the clean up! OHEC President John Chamberlain presented our resident expert landscaper Jim Muir with a plaque to thank him for all his hard work in these areas over the last 15 years.  Jim has taken extra special care of our front and back gardens over the years, and as he plans to retire soon, this was his last clean up. To show our gratitude and in honor of all his hard work, the front entrance will hereby be known as "Muir Garden"! Thank you again, Jim, we will miss your green thumb! (PS. Thanks to neighbor Jim Wisniewski of Crown Trophy in Pembroke who generously donated the plaque.)

{everyone takes a break to honor Jim}

{John's eloquent speech}

{Jim and his wife Carol}

{the finished plaque hung on the bottom of the OHE sign}

{those leaves don't stand a chance against Anne!}

{looking good, Joe!}

{Jackson Garrett}

{Sydney Garrett}

{Jim hard at work like usual}

{always smiling John}

{"Seriously, guys...whose rakes are these? I can't go home until these are claimed!!"}

Fall Clean Up

We had a beautiful day on Saturday, September 20th for our fall clean up! Many thanks to all those who came out to help: Paul Bettle, Maria Callum, John Chamberlain, Rob and Daniel Forde, Jessica, Sydney and Jackson Garrett, Bill Morton, Jim Muir, Sarah Pasternak, Scott Simmons, and John Varitimos.

{4 year old Sydney was an awesome helper!!}

{Daniel and Maria, with Jessica and Sydney, tackle these...whatever they are called...flowers}

{check out this praying mantis Daniel found!!!}

{Scott, John, and Paul tag team}

{almost done!}

{looking good, guys!}

 As always, huge thanks to Jim Muir for his landscaping leadership! Can't thank everyone enough for working so hard to keep our neighborhood looking beautiful!!