Category: January 2021

SaddleBrooke Singles Club Holiday Party

Hazel Staloff Although we customarily have our holiday bash at the SaddleBrooke One Clubhouse, 2020 put a kibosh on that. Not about to give up a chance to get together, a member volunteered to host the party at her home on Dec. 12. Fifteen members attended, all of whom passed the entrance test—a temperature check…

Questers Experience Antique French Furniture

Sandi Newberry with a French Boulle Breakfront cabinet, Louis XIV style, circa 1850 with brass marquetry work and gilt-bronze mounts. Andre Boulle was the head cabinetmaker for King Louis XIV. Some Boulle original pieces of furniture were made around 1700 and can be seen at the Louvre Museum in Paris. During the last half of the 19th century, modern machine techniques were utilized to create large quantities of furniture made in the Boulle style with inlaid brass and bronze work on ebonized wood.

Sandi Newberry The November 2020 meeting of the Catalina Timewalkers chapter of The Questers was held in the home of Sandi Newberry with Kathy Turner as co-host. Sandi presented a program on the “History of French Furniture” and showed her antique French furnishings, which were influenced from the periods of Louis XIV, Louis XV, Regence,…

‘One Image, No Limits’ Winners Named

The original green door photo by Jim Morris from which the artists drew inspiration.

LaVerne Kyriss Like many organizations, the SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild has seen challenging times this year. “We’re still hanging in there and having Zoom meetings and discussions. The guild is still offering open studio times in the Topaz room for guild members with masks and safety protocols in place,” explained Karen Brungardt, guild president. “And…

Stroke/Neurological Support Group Notice

Esta Goldstein Being a caregiver can be challenging and stressful. But caregivers also describe their role as very meaningful. Here are a few of the many rewards that you may experience when caring for a loved one. * You may gain new skills * You may learn to be more organized and to plan ahead…

Online Program

Zann Wilson Your SaddleBrooke/SaddleBrooke Master Gardeners invite you to join us for an online Community Education program with Carianne Campbell, owner of Strategic Habitat Enhancements, on Thursday, Jan. 21 at 1 p.m. Carianne will speak on Near-Native Plant Choices from the Chihuahuan Desert for your SaddleBrooke/SaddleBrooke Ranch Garden. Botanist Carianne Campbell is a well-known advocate…

Line Dance: Did You Know?

Sandy Gianotti So, what is line dancing, you may ask. In an article, Treva Bedinghaus aptly summarized “Line dances are choreographed dances with a repeating series of steps that are performed in unison by a group of people in lines or rows, most often without the dancers making contact with one another. All the dancers…

Cyclemasters Had a Great December!

B.J. Murray, Vice President Cyclemasters is more than just a group who rides bikes together. We are an organization that also cares about our community and works hard to support it. Because of the virus, we, like most organizations in SaddleBrooke, are challenged with how to socialize. While we do meet regularly at the RoadRunner Grill…

Hole In One: Remarkable!

Photo by Kathy Bomwell

Paulette Kasperski Nov. 18 was a beautiful day at the Preserve, and an even more exciting one for resident Beverly Reiman. She was using her 8 iron on the fourth hole on the Preserve course when something amazing happened. She got a hole-in-one with the ball on the fly. The excited witnesses to this event…