The man riding the horse is their neighbour Ansgar Spangler from Spangler Ranch, located at Crafters' Hood that is farther up the road. He is 2nd or 3rd generation Horsemen, and although horses were more used in earlier days, Spangler Ranch is well known for raising good horses.
The gray house to the right is home to Politician Peter Huston and his adult daughter, Hanna. The tiny yellow house to the left is a small grapes farm, and the van Hutch family lives there. You might recall Ursa Malone visited them long ago, and Ursa's son Steven Malone married to their daughter Bellamy. Steven and Bellamy have a teen daughter, Ursulla.
Finally, the house in the end of Gal Road is the Malone flower farm.
Both Timara and Syrup Malone are now (old) adults, and Syrup will celebrate his elderly birthday tonight. He doesn't know what his wife has planned, but he is pretty sure there will be something. Why else would she be this interested in when he will get back from the Malone Flower Market? They are not as crazy as before, might be legit to blame that on their age.
Gilbert is their oldest child, soon growing up. Their daughter Umbrella is also a teen. And the youngest, Deidre, is still a toddler.
Timara indeed has a busy day...
She walked over to Onioon Farm, where she grew up. The farm is still active, ran by her sister Danica Onioon and her hubby. Once this was all open farmland, then - long ago - the Council wanted to demolish the old onion farm to expand the city. But massive protests actually saved this piece of Galucca's history. Instead, the farmland surrounding the Onioon Farm was developed. Pretty close is the Equestrian Center and Galucca Imports, Inc. And there are a few nice mansions, too.
Timara left Deidre with Danica's hubby, and they walked off.
Today the Gardening Club finally will visit Seagull Cottage to inspect the black rose that was on everyone's lips some time ago. Timara and Danica met up with Adrietta D. Asterwood, Ann D. Tulitto and Fiffi von P. Garton. The group of garden enthusiasts marched east, to Moon District...
Timara had never been to this place before, but she had heard lots of strange rumours, also som including magic and murders. Not that she is the kind of person who believes in such gossip, but she had to admit she was a little nervous when the old Gloria Moonster appeared on top of her garden stairs.
The old woman wasn't too happy about the visit though. She mentioned that the black rose was ditched some months ago, and then she asked them to leave and walked back inside, slowly.
They had a very quick look around her messy garden, well - on their way out, it was obvious that the old woman no longer was able to keep up with her chores.
Meanwhile at Similus Square, yupp, in front of Church of Similus and the spicy restaurant, Chez Ludmilla, just west of Old Town, Syrup was busy instructing Gilbert.
Gilbert had joined after school, to help at the market for the last few hours. The day when Gilbert proclaimed some interest in running the Flower Market and plant production at home, Syrup had been so relieved. It was all started by Syrup's late dad, Everet Malone, but Syrup never really got the grip. Now that Gilbert is interested, also Syrup is more eager than ever!
The market was reduced in size when the Council decided to add more parking lots, but maybe that was a good thing. When it's more concentrated, customers seems to get a better overview, and there's less walking required.
The policeman is the same who visited the Moonster household some time ago. He has been on the case of numerous persons disappearing from Seagull Cottage, and the case is now getting very old - and still not solved. Limrick Sculler heard about the black rose, and Syrup heard about it too, but everyone knows that fully black roses don't exist, only very dark shades of red, purple, or maroon. Syrup had not even bothered to check out the so-called black rose at Moon District.
They soon closed for the day, and Syrup allowed Gilbert to drive their blue car back home, while he delivered a plant to the Club Admiral at Ucca Island - by boat of course. They had ordered just a potted little plant, so it wasn't too heavy.
But Syrup was up for a nice surprise! Perhaps not the most cheering crowd the world ever saw, but still... ;)
They were of course relatives of Syrup. The elderly man on the right side picture above, is Syrup's younger brother, Steven M. van Hutch. The greenish woman is his wife, Bellamy, and the little bit nervous one is their teen daughter Ursulla who is set to become a painting artist, just like her very famous granddad who founded the local Arts Academy long ago.
The big woman wearing a red jacket is Syrup's cousin, Molly (Swims) Flickerfree. She lives up at Maurice Creek with her little family (who didn't attend this party).
The pregnant one wearing a floral dress (and being best at cheering), is the non-local Minnie who recently married to Syrup's cousin Don Swims - the old guy wearing a red cardigan. Don used to work at his dad's gym, Bono's Gym, you might recall Syrup going there with his parents long ago. Don is getting pretty old, and his wife is a young adult, so I guess she will need to raise some kids alone...
And finally, Timara was rather pleased with the looks of her hubby as an elderly man. They all enjoyed drinks and some stepped outside, as the Club Admiral (which is an old houseboat) took a quick run around Ucca Island.
Next update: the very smiley and nice Misty Fogdale of tha Dump!
[And, if you think I recall all those names just like that - no, I don't ;)]
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