Marilyn Cudmore smiled as she met her friends at her East Sooke home to embark on what has become an annual project to enhance their rural community while memorializing CudmoreB次元官网网址檚 late husband.

B次元官网网址淢y husband passed away three years ago around Easter,B次元官网网址� said Cudmore. B次元官网网址淗e loved daffodils and I decided to plant some bulbs along Sooke Road every year as a memorial to him and, at the same time, as a neighbourhood enhancement project.B次元官网网址�

CudmoreB次元官网网址檚 description of planting B次元官网网址渟ome bulbsB次元官网网址� doesnB次元官网网址檛 exactly capture her efforts.

"I guess that, so far, IB次元官网网址檝e done about two kilometers along Sooke Road with maybe a thousand bulbs,B次元官网网址� Cudmore said, seemingly not wanting to overstate her accomplishment to date.

And as much as CudmoreB次元官网网址檚 efforts to date have been extraordinary, this yearB次元官网网址檚 efforts will create an even more spectacular display when spring arrives.
In part, at least itB次元官网网址檚 because, this time, Cudmore has some enthusiastic helpers.

B次元官网网址淲e all belong to this book club and Marilyn told us about the project during our book club meeting. She was a little discouraged because, for some reason, a lot of the blooms didnB次元官网网址檛 come up last year. We talked about it and this year we decided to get together to help her,B次元官网网址� said Nina Din. 

The group gathered at CudmoreB次元官网网址檚 Tide View Road home on Sunday afternoon complete with reflective vests, work gloves, shovels and a copious amount of obvious enthusiasm.

B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檙e planting more than 500 bulbs along parts of East Sooke Road,B次元官网网址� said Din. B次元官网网址淚 think itB次元官网网址檚 a lovely idea B次元官网网址� a wonderful memorial for MarilynB次元官网网址檚 husband and beautification project thatB次元官网网址檚 going to enhance the whole community.B次元官网网址�

The book club, by the way, is impressive in its own right. Every month whichever of the dozen or so membersB次元官网网址� turn it is to host the meeting selects a book which all of the ladies read and discuss. 

Mandatory food and wine are included in each meeting, but it would be a mistake to assume that the refreshments are a prime motivator for the club. The members have the same enthusiasm for reading as they displayed for planting daffodils. ThatB次元官网网址檚 evidenced by the fact that theyB次元官网网址檙e all quick to recount some aspects of a recent book theyB次元官网网址檝e read.

B次元官网网址淵ou have to read Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World, said club founder Joan Traversy. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 the book we last read and itB次元官网网址檚 absolutely wonderful.B次元官网网址�

Hearing this assessment, Din agreed and made a point of stressing that the club has read a host of books that span a wide spectrum of topics and interests.

The bonds that the club has fostered were apparent as the ladies set to work planting the hundreds of daffodil bulbs. Despite the overcast coolness of the day, their spirits were high, and the camaraderie was palpable.

B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檙e happy to be out here and continue on with this project. I have the feeling that itB次元官网网址檚 just going to continue to grow,B次元官网网址� said Cudmore. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 our way of giving the neighbourhood a Spring surprise.B次元官网网址�