by Wolt Hood, President
(Halloween Hay Ride with Bunker Park Stables)
Hey Kilmer Pond Homeowners:
We are in the process of getting modern and having some fun with the neighborhood and going out to meet other neighborhoods and seeing what they do.
1.We are trying to start a KPHA Bike Club and have a neighbor who would try to teach bike maintenance and bike safety when riding. We need you to step forward and call Charles Leighton 952-412-0760 and talk about biking the trails. We could have neighborhood bike outs with a picnic or we could learn all about the current trails. Our son, Sean took us out on a ride and we ended up in downtown Mpls and we were amazed how quick it was. He said we were not speedy. It was fun for all. We could form a KPHA bike team and enter fundraising events as a group. We could have a team for almost any worthy cause.
2. For those of you who are in love with gardens, we are attempting to reform the KPHA Garden club. Our neighborhood used to have annual plant sales that brought people from all over. We need some volunteers for a committee to determine what things we would like to do. Plant Sales or swaps. Social events with other Twin City Garden Clubs. Have KPHA awards for the best gardens front and back yards. We need volunteer judges so we can nominate and award the winners. So far, we have a few interested. Did you know KPHA used to have a garden club called Lakeview Garden Club. Looking at our archives, we have been involved with the Minnesota Horticulture Society and the U of Mn Arboretum.
3. KPHA Remodeling Open House. For you newcomers or oldtimers that never got the remodeling bug, we want to have an Open House afternoon where all neighbors who have done remodeling want to show their neighbors how projects have turned out. What an opportunity to learn the do’s and don’ts of remodeling projects.
4. Kilmer Pond Art Crawl: We have artists that own homes in Kilmer and we want to have an annual art crawl where artists open up their homes as studios to show their work and offer refreshments and treats. We have many talented neighbors representing different media as artists. If you are an artist, you should let us know or volunteer to organize this event every year.
5. Due to popular request, we reserved our Halloween ride with the Bunker Park Stables and we met at the intersection of Lancaster and Melrose. They had two beautiful Belgian draft horses with a large wagon with hay . They were setup at 6:00 P.M. and it was amazing how many people showed up. It was great to see how the parents dressed their children in some elaborate costumes. We had atleast 50 people show up. They took us for a ride for about two hours and stopped multiple times for the ghosts and goblins to get treats from the homes. It was fun to see the homes that went with the theme and had decorated their front yards. In particular, on Lancaster there is a cemetery which improves every year getting to be larger with more decorations of skeletons, tombstones, and ghosts.
For your information, we have already reserved them for next year so we have to make sure it is in our budget for the kids.
