St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated on March 17, his religious feast day and the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for over a thousand years. On St. Patrick’s Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. Lenten prohibitions against the consumption of meat were waived and people would dance, drink and feast—on the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage.
Lazybrook Gardening Club Meeting – March 17th
The next meeting of the Lazybrook Garden Club is March 17th. at Eddie Yarbrough’s home.
Nancy Greig, Director of the Cockrell Butterfly Center at the Houston Museum of Natural Science and former Board Member of the Houston Arboretum. Ms. Greig will be sharing a butterfly presentation and upcoming information about a plant sale to benefit the Butterfly Center.
FYI: These are loosely structured gatherings where no judgments are passed about your gardening or lawn skills and no dues required. You can ask questions or share observations with folks of a like mind! Water and iced tea will be provided but you’re welcome to bring a snack and/or libation of your preference to share.
So…..if you want to turn your black thumb to green, are curious about what plants do well in our area or simply yearning to yak about gardening things in general, please join us.
So…..Hope to see you there!
Eddie Yarbrough & Laura McCarver,
Co-chairs of Lazybrook Garden Club
Contact info for Eddie: yarbro52@att.net or 713-869-1511
Civic Club Meeting on March 24th
Come and join the discussion! All are welcome to participate in the cultivation of our great neighborhood.
Door Prizes will be available!
Texas Independence Day
Texas Independence Day is the celebration of the adoption of the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836.
Heights Kids Day of Music
The Heights Kids’ Day of Music is all about bringing local music to our Heights community families. 100% Local Music. 100% Fun. Activities include a main stage with performances by local bands every 40 minutes; a secondary stage will showcase local businesses and non-profits that bring music to our community; and an instrument “petting zoo” where kids can get an up-close look at band and orchestra instruments, as well as meet opera singers.http://www.heightskidsdayofmusic.com
Note, our event is the same day as the TMNA Fun Run, so I encourage families to come by after their morning run to enjoy some music, food and activities and round out a great Saturday in the neighborhood. Our plan is to showcase one area school every year, and for this first year we are showcasing Love Elementary which is turning a new leaf similarly to how Sinclair has in recent years. This is also the school the “Timbergrove East” residents are zoned to attend.
Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday, in the calendar of Western Christianity, is the first day of Lent and occurs 46 days before Easter.