Brooklyn Centre National Wildlife Community

UPDATE: Short & Sweet Holiday Shop First Weekend Is History

The Short and Sweet Holiday Shop was a success according to customers, volunteers and the organizers.  Opening day exceeded expectations with over 100 visitors to the shop.  Sales were better than expected and patrons enjoyed the “Meet and Greet” Artist reception.

Patrons were excited to see the many different kinds of gifts available to them and were pleasantly surprised at the quality of the workmanship as well as the affordability of the artwork.  One father told me that he was so pleased that his three daughters were all able to choose a gift for their mother. “One stop shopping,” he exclaimed, “you can’t beat that!”

Candy sales were brisk while many chose bars of soap or a “cupcake” to carry home.  Photographs, paintings, and jewelry were studied by many of the visitors as they walked around the shop.  A few were selected and purchased before heading home.

 

 

Many shoppers who stopped in to Art House on Opening Day to peruse the offerings of the shop and to talk to the artists in attendance stayed to graze around the table of goodies offered by the Committee.  Pistachio Bundt cake was a crowd favorite as was Kim’s Corn Dip, one of the selections from “A Taste of All Seasons”.  The cookbook is Brooklyn Centre Naturalists’ contribution to the gifts for sale.  Gray and Company selections offered for sale are Cleveland Food Memories and Cleveland Christmas Memories as well as many biographies and some of their more recently published books.

The Short and Sweet Holiday Shop will be open again this weekend starting at 4:00 pm on Friday December 7 until 8:00 pm. The Shop will be open Saturday, December 8 and Sunday, December 9 from 1:00 pm to 5 pm. Rumor has it that Old Brooklyn Buzz will be descending on the Shop Sunday afternoon for one of its popular “cash mobs”.  Do your shopping early for the best selection.         

celebrating autumn with the Brooklyn Centre Naturalists

Hi I Everybody!

What a beautiful fall weekend in Cleveland.  Yesterday sunny, brisk, and bright.  Today, rainy, cool and subdued.

A great day to think of the approaching holidays and what to give grandkids, neighbors, and friends. A gift that keeps on giving and offers a reminder of the giver is always a good bet in my way of thinking.

Many of you are already backyard habitats but thinking of giving someone else the pleasure and fun you have watching the birds in the winter and butterflies in the summer.

And, if your gift goes to someone in the 44109 zip code area you will also be giving a gift to Brooklyn Centre Naturalists because we will be one step closer to our certification.

  Gloria and Sharon

 

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.

                                -Albert Camus

National Wildlife Benefit Days at Borders December 18-20

 

I sent this email out to our Brooklyn Centre Naturalists mailing list and decided today to extend the invitation to our blog readers.

 

Happy Holidays Everyone!

I am a firm believer in the adage "Things happen for a reason".  This story exemplifies WHY I believe the saying.  Four times a year National Wildlife Federation (NWF) wildlife community coordinator Roxanne Paul has a conference call.  I have signed up many times and  have made it to very few.  Last week, I happened to be on the computer when a reminder popped up--the call was in 20 minutes.  There I was with the time and opportunity to make it.

Imagine my surprise when we were told that Borders will donate 15% of each and every sale December 18 (Saturday) thru December 20 (Monday) to NWF.  Online sales qualify too.  Books are always a big part of the gifts that Tim and I give each year to family and friends.  This year I can support one of my favorite foundations while doing one of the things I like best-giving books.

The vouchers can be printed and presented at a Borders store or used for online purchases.  Share them with family and friends.  The more purchases made; the more NWF and future generations benefit.   Books are ALWAYS a great gift.

May God Bless us everyone! 
                                    -Tiny Tim  A Christmas Carol 
Gloria

email me at  gloria.ferris@gmail.com and I will send you the Borders voucher.

"other blogs & websites," in the sidebar

Please notice that we have a new "other blogs & websites" set of links in the sidebar. One link even includes a UserID and a Password to enable you to use the BCNWC version of LibraryThing. We also link to our local list of books that Laura has provided, and she tells me it may be possible to make that into an interactive listing, too.

Enjoy. If there's anything else you'd like to see, comment and let us know.

books, books, books

I have another compilation of books relevant to the BCNWC (Brooklyn Centre National Wildlife Community), this one on Library Thing at http://www.librarything.com/catalog/BCNWC

Library Thing shows you other people who have the same interests as you all do.

Laura's listing at http://www.worldcat.org/profiles/Lmcshane/lists/449989 shows which other libraries have the books that support your interests.

These two lists are complementary.

If you want access to Library Thing for BCNWC, call me and I'll give you the magic word so that you, too, can add to the collaborative compilation.

The beginning of our Reference Library

Brooklyn Centre Naturalist volunteer Daryl Davis compiled a list of books and publications for us to be used as a beginning base for our project reference library.  We gave the list to Cynthia Coccaro at the Brooklyn branch of the Cleveland Public Library and she looked them up for us.  Here is a list of books and reference material that is in the system.  Most are at the main branch and can be requested through your local branches. This is a good start for the BCN and I’m sure that many of our members will have more ideas for titles that can be added to the list.  In a couple of months, we can hopefully publish a bibliography in partnership with the Cleveland Public Library specific to the Brooklyn Centre Naturalists and our wildlife project.

 Sharon Martyn

Mushrooms of North America

Search for lost Habitats Book 1

Newcombs Wildflower Guide

Woody Plants of Ohio

Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants

Endangered & Threatened Plants of Ohio

Place on the Glacial Till

Guide to Freshwater Invertebrates of North America

Common Groundwork

Invasive Plants of the Upper Midwest

Ohio Nature Almanac

Birds of Ohio with Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas Maps

Birds of the Lake Erie Region

Creatures of Change

Guide to Ohio Streams

Field Guide to the Animals of Vernal Pool (not available, but can interlibrary loan)