On this snowy, icy, day in February, as we wait for rapid (and visible) progress on our new pool house, I am thinking about an exciting Spring of getting Daleview Pool ready for the first year of the "New Daleview". WOW!! We will have landscaping to do, cabinets to design, build, and install, an office to furnish, a pump room to outfit, locker rooms to organize, along with the usual massive cleanup, table refurbishing, rope installation, etc. Sounds like a pretty major community service project to me! I think that we will be down there just about every weekend from April 1 until May 28, and there will be plenty of work to go around, as well as lots to learn about the pool, the grounds, the building, and the community. There aren't many people who own large acreages inside the beltway, but each of us is a part owner of a beautiful piece of property that we can make as inviting and productive as we want to, and get to know and love each other better in the process. There aren't many things as pretty as a quiet Spring morning down at Daleview with a nice, productive outlet for all of our positive energy. I hope that everybody will want to try it out. We will get the grill working early this year, I promise!!
If there are specific projects that members would like to "take ownership" of, which would be really great, please contact me at
jim_l_preston@yahoo.com and I will let the Daleview Board know so we can try to coordinate some of this activity in ADVANCE!! Our budget is small, but there are probably some projects that some members might want to 'just take care of', if you know what I mean.
On this Maryland primary election day, I think that it is worth thinking about M. Ghandi, who said "Be the change you want to see in the world." Please forgive me if I have misquoted, or misattributed this message, I still want to pass it on :)
