Friday, June 24, 2011
Lily & Rose
Generous
Add another $10,000 to the True Prospect Farm Recovery Fund.
In the most recent fundraising event for the victims of the horrible barn fire, the beautiful and challenging Plantation Field course in Unionville was open for schooling on June 13. About 200 horses and riders paid $40 each (the riders paid, that is) for a chance to school over the jumps and support Boyd Martin, Ryan Woods, Caitlin Silliman and Lillian Heard, the four local riders affected by the fire.
Event organizer Denis Glaccum said, "Thanks to the generosity of landowners Katie and Cuyler Walker and the Longwood Fire Company, which donated its services for the day, we were able to host this schooling day. People had a rare chance to come out and school over our competition courses while also helping support their fellow equestrians."
Among the riders were Mr. Martin, Mr. Woods, other eventers, and "local show hunters, foxhunters, race and steeplechase trainers, including Sue Sisco, Dave Leinhauser, Janet Elliot and Ivan Dowling," according to a press release.
And a bake sale held by local Olympic eventer Jane Sleeper and her students at the schooling day and the Horse Trials the prior weekend added $2,000 to the fund.
In the most recent fundraising event for the victims of the horrible barn fire, the beautiful and challenging Plantation Field course in Unionville was open for schooling on June 13. About 200 horses and riders paid $40 each (the riders paid, that is) for a chance to school over the jumps and support Boyd Martin, Ryan Woods, Caitlin Silliman and Lillian Heard, the four local riders affected by the fire.
Event organizer Denis Glaccum said, "Thanks to the generosity of landowners Katie and Cuyler Walker and the Longwood Fire Company, which donated its services for the day, we were able to host this schooling day. People had a rare chance to come out and school over our competition courses while also helping support their fellow equestrians."
Among the riders were Mr. Martin, Mr. Woods, other eventers, and "local show hunters, foxhunters, race and steeplechase trainers, including Sue Sisco, Dave Leinhauser, Janet Elliot and Ivan Dowling," according to a press release.
And a bake sale held by local Olympic eventer Jane Sleeper and her students at the schooling day and the Horse Trials the prior weekend added $2,000 to the fund.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Rude Boy
A few weeks back I wrote a piece urging motorists to be patient with bicyclists, and I took some heat for it. Although I still stand by my advice in theory, I do need to say that it's really obnoxious for bicyclists to block traffic by riding two or three abreast.
There was a well-attended bike ride out here on Sunday, and on Upland Road, near Thouron Road, a bicyclist was riding, literally, in the middle of the road. I mean, smack on the yellow line, with traffic backing up behind him. He could easily have moved over in front of his companion, but he didn't. Perhaps he thought that the little blinking red light on his seat made him king of the road?
Yes, the vast majority of cyclists are polite and know the rules of the road, but this is the kind of thing that gives bicyclists a bad name.
There was a well-attended bike ride out here on Sunday, and on Upland Road, near Thouron Road, a bicyclist was riding, literally, in the middle of the road. I mean, smack on the yellow line, with traffic backing up behind him. He could easily have moved over in front of his companion, but he didn't. Perhaps he thought that the little blinking red light on his seat made him king of the road?
Yes, the vast majority of cyclists are polite and know the rules of the road, but this is the kind of thing that gives bicyclists a bad name.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Taps for Tweedale?
There are rumors flying around that this might be Camp Tweedale's last summer in operation. Apparently the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania is considering selling off the 120-acre camp in Lower Oxford Township, on the Octoraro Lake. Unhappy (former) campers have started a "Save Camp Tweedale!" group on Facebook, and comments can also be posted on the local Girl Scouts' website (http://www.gsep.org/).
One of the organizers asked me to mention that a petition is being circulated: "There is a petition on http://www.change.org/ to SAVE Tweedale. You can go to that website and in the upper right hand side there is a box that you put in "Tweedale" and the petition comes up."
I spent some time at Camp Tweedale as a Girl Scout in the 1960s. The songs were great ("Up in the Air, Junior Birdmen") and the lake was very nice, but my favorite part was reading "Little Women" in my tent during quiet time after lunch.
One of the organizers asked me to mention that a petition is being circulated: "There is a petition on http://www.change.org/ to SAVE Tweedale. You can go to that website and in the upper right hand side there is a box that you put in "Tweedale" and the petition comes up."
I spent some time at Camp Tweedale as a Girl Scout in the 1960s. The songs were great ("Up in the Air, Junior Birdmen") and the lake was very nice, but my favorite part was reading "Little Women" in my tent during quiet time after lunch.
Hot Air
You think you're in the loop -- until you find out that something big is going on and you knew nothing about it.
On June 18 I was en route to a party in West Bradford (fabulous party, with horses, sheep, dogs, cats and kids, great food and camaraderie) when I saw literally hundreds of cars parked at the Embreeville complex along Strasburg Road. The Chester County Hot-Air Balloon Festival was going on and I hadn't heard a word about it -- although obviously a lot of other people had.
Another guest at the party said she wished she had known about the fest because her visiting step-kids would have loved attending.
As I was leaving my party at about 9:30 p.m., the hugely successful fest was breaking up and cars were lined up from the complex all the way to Marshallton. Amazing. Lots of balloon enthusiasts out here.
On June 18 I was en route to a party in West Bradford (fabulous party, with horses, sheep, dogs, cats and kids, great food and camaraderie) when I saw literally hundreds of cars parked at the Embreeville complex along Strasburg Road. The Chester County Hot-Air Balloon Festival was going on and I hadn't heard a word about it -- although obviously a lot of other people had.
Another guest at the party said she wished she had known about the fest because her visiting step-kids would have loved attending.
As I was leaving my party at about 9:30 p.m., the hugely successful fest was breaking up and cars were lined up from the complex all the way to Marshallton. Amazing. Lots of balloon enthusiasts out here.
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