Colonial Holiday Celebration

Last Sunday, The Howard County Conservancy held its Colonial Holiday Celebration at Belmont Manor. I arrived for the last hour since I was volunteering to help with clean up. The house glowed with lights in the gloom – and the hum of conversations came from every direction as I entered. It was good to see so many people that I volunteer with out of the context of hiking with school groups!

We enjoyed luscious food and caught up with fall happenings and holiday plans. It was a good way to start the holiday season.

There were enough helpers that when the event ended it took us only about a half hour to clear the trash cans, collect glassware, and load everything up to go back to the Carriage House where the HCC Nature Center is located. The caterers were cleaned up to. I was surprised at how fast a group of people can get work done…everyone with a job.