The Suffield Observer (https://thesuffieldobserver.com/2019/12/page/8/)
A bright collection of original watercolor paintings is featured in December at the William Pinney Gallery of the Kent Memorial Library in Suffield. Featured is the work of Phyllis Taylor of Longmeadow, an award-winning artist, whose work is found in public and private collections throughout New England.
Small lawns can be dethatched using a specialized, hand-held dethatching rake or an iron rake. Or, use a dethatcher that attaches to a sit-down mower (see photo in Part 1 of 2).
The Suffield Garden Club will hold a monthly meeting on Monday, December 2 at 11:45 a.m. at the Second Baptist Church, Fellowship Hall. Coffee, tea, a light luncheon and a short business meeting are followed by a guest speaker at 1 p.m.
I was recently given a copy of The New England Homestead Newspaper printed in Springfield, Mass., dated October 26, 1889.
Get ready for a fun winter! It is time to register for winter programs offered by the Parks and Recreation Department.
There are a number of techniques that can help keep your immunity high and your body in good condition to support wellness all season long, so that you can enjoy the chillier months.
No deadline date had been announced at press time, but current occupants of Suffield Town Hall were getting ready to move to their assigned “swing space” so renovation work can begin. Contractors QA&M and Gilbane say that planning is on schedule; conceptual drawings have reached the point where construction drawings began in mid-November.
Paula Pascoe, who runs the Suffield Mini Bus program as well as the Senior Center, welcomed the arrival of Mini Bus No. 19, which would allow No. 16 to be retired soon, and the fleet will stay at its customary three buses and three sedans.
Alice Dahms welcomes her witchy friend Bobbie Kling to the Observer office to help rid the November issue of typos and other misdemeanors.
Tom and Peg Carr took the Observer along when they visited the Goreme Open Air Museum in the Cappadocia region of Central Turkey, where churches and monasteries with frescoes from almost a millennium ago are carved into the soft volcanic rock. The Carrs were in Turkey visiting their children in Istanbul.