Dear FAC community, Please join us THIS WEEKEND for the estate/moving sale of longtime FAC community member Martha Forsyth and our family. The house is being sold, and I can only keep so many of her many beautiful, functional, and interesting possessions. Dance community/family/friends only from 10am to 12:30pm both Saturday & Sunday; items of particular interest to her community are being kept aside in a separate room, which (until Sunday afternoon) will not be open to the public. NEW ADDITION: Several friends are organizing an effort to rescue plants from the yard before the house is sold. This will be Sunday afternoon 12:30pm to 4:00pm (immediately following the community sale hours). Please see their detailed message immediately below. Finally, there is a PUBLICLY SHAREABLE summary mentioning ONLY the public hours at the very bottom; please feel free to share that anywhere you like. I look forward to seeing many of you at the sale -- hopefully on one of the mornings! -Pete(r) ---------------------------------------- GARDEN RESCUE PARTY DETAILS: ---------------------------------------- hi to all, Besides the household and cultural items that Pete is selling, another part of Martha's legacy is in the various plantings around the yard. Martha was an enthusiastic and energetic gardener and took immense pleasure in cultivating and tending her plantings. The plantings that remain in the yard now are, not imposing or formal, but more friendly and charming, like the zdravets (perennial geranium) for which her local "friendly neighborhood Bulgarian band" is named. Here's a listing of the flowering plants/shrubs that we noted in Martha's yard last weekend: Flowering plants (one or two of most) - Asiatic lilies - iris - bloodroot - mini Solomon seal - bluebells - monarda - Christmas fern - nepeta - columbine - painted fern - daffodils - peony - goldenrod - rodgersia - gooseneck loosestrife - sedum - hosta - zdravets Shrubs - forsythia - lilac - mock orange - mountain laurel And... trees - Japanese maple - Redbud Those of you who are interested in preserving a piece of this aspect of Martha's life are invited to come to the house at 51 Davis Ave. in W. Newton, this Sunday, June 29, from 12:30 pm -- 4:00 pm, to dig up and take home a piece of her plantings for yourself or others. Another day for digging up plantings may be planned for later in the summer, likely in late July or early August; make sure one of us knows if you're interested in that. Sadly, some of the front and back yards have already been dug up by the buyers; we can't guarantee that you'll be able to get a particular plant. But we'll be there to help you find plantings you're interested in and would like to bring home. Please bring your own trowels/shovels and pots/bags. If you have questions, please email one of us (our email contacts are included below) and not Pete, who’s so busy organizing the indoor sales. With love, Jane Katz (jarebka@yahoo.com, Henry Goldberg (henrybgoldberg@gmail.com), Helen Snively (HMSnively@aol.com) ------------------------------------------------------------- Feel free to cross-post the below message publicly: ------------------------------------------------------------- Moving / estate sale from the home of a world traveler, music researcher, maker of artwork, shoes, musical instruments, and hula hoops, etc. Fascinating collection includes furniture and home decor from around the world (and some made at home), eclectic collections of records, CDs and books, tools for many types of work, arts and crafts supplies, lamps, cooking implements, etc. etc. Includes a growing "free" pile alongside the items for sale! NO EARLY BIRDS PLEASE! Cash or Venmo. All items from a dry, smoke-free home. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY (June 28 & 29) 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm