Mrs. Miriam Myers was kind enough to pass along this photograph of Sam Barnard being honored last December for his 75 years as a Grange member. Barbara Roney, the master of East Lynn Grange #1263, is presenting him with his certificate.
Saturday, November 2, 2013
Milestone
Mrs. Miriam Myers was kind enough to pass along this photograph of Sam Barnard being honored last December for his 75 years as a Grange member. Barbara Roney, the master of East Lynn Grange #1263, is presenting him with his certificate.
Wood
I've been going to Doug Mooberry's open house for many years, and it's always inspiring. Doug and his team at Kinloch Woodworking in Unionville create the most beautiful furniture, and the open house gives the public a chance not only to admire their completed masterpieces but also to explore the workshop where they are made.
Upstairs was a striking coffee table made of paulownia wood (paulownia trees line the west side of the main path that leads to the conservatory at Longwood). Due to the configuration of the log from which the table was made, there was a dramatic hole in the middle. The piece featured on this year's invitation was a bench of bubinga wood with ash spindles: "Kinloch combines Shaker, Chinese and Modern in a very comfortable bench." I also liked the tall clocks whose moondials featured the covered bridge at Buck Run, and when I sat in one rocking chair I could feel my tight lower back relaxing immediately.
In the workshop I enjoyed seeing the antiques that the craftsmen are restoring and repairing. Stacked in one room are the raw boards from which the furniture is made, some still with bark intact.
In addition to Doug and his wife Pat (whose pottery was on display) I saw several friends. One woman came up to me and told me that when I came in, she thought I looked familiar. She and her husband wracked their brains and finally placed me: I'd met them at a housewarming picnic TWO SUMMERS AGO! Talk about a good memory.
Upstairs was a striking coffee table made of paulownia wood (paulownia trees line the west side of the main path that leads to the conservatory at Longwood). Due to the configuration of the log from which the table was made, there was a dramatic hole in the middle. The piece featured on this year's invitation was a bench of bubinga wood with ash spindles: "Kinloch combines Shaker, Chinese and Modern in a very comfortable bench." I also liked the tall clocks whose moondials featured the covered bridge at Buck Run, and when I sat in one rocking chair I could feel my tight lower back relaxing immediately.
In the workshop I enjoyed seeing the antiques that the craftsmen are restoring and repairing. Stacked in one room are the raw boards from which the furniture is made, some still with bark intact.
In addition to Doug and his wife Pat (whose pottery was on display) I saw several friends. One woman came up to me and told me that when I came in, she thought I looked familiar. She and her husband wracked their brains and finally placed me: I'd met them at a housewarming picnic TWO SUMMERS AGO! Talk about a good memory.
Friday, November 1, 2013
Farmer's Road
A wholesome and delicious restaurant, Farmer's Road, has opened at the Painter's Crossing shopping center at Routes 1 and 202. I stopped in for lunch today and had an excellent turkey, cheese and spinach sandwich with spicy mustard, along with sweet-potato chips and an orange-mango soda (they serve all-natural New Hope sodas). The decor is appropriately rustic, and the service is quick and friendly (they had no problem giving me Cheddar cheese instead of goat cheese in my sandwich). They also feature an oatmeal bar at breakfast time and a pickle bar, there are vegetarian sandwich options, and there's even a "drive-thru" window (ironically, the place used to be a KFC joint). They seemed to be getting a good lunchtime crowd: a half-dozen coworkers were entering as I was leaving.
According to the restaurant's website, "Our menu will feature clean, fresh flavors along with all-natural, organic ingredients. As we support local business; 80% of our produce will come from local farmers; as well as our meats and poultry." Their menu and details are online.
Thanks to the mother-and-daughter pair of friends who alerted me to this place! It opened earlier this year to little fanfare (at least, little fanfare that reached my eyes or ears).
According to the restaurant's website, "Our menu will feature clean, fresh flavors along with all-natural, organic ingredients. As we support local business; 80% of our produce will come from local farmers; as well as our meats and poultry." Their menu and details are online.
Thanks to the mother-and-daughter pair of friends who alerted me to this place! It opened earlier this year to little fanfare (at least, little fanfare that reached my eyes or ears).
Infrastructure
Seen around town:
1. The powers that be REALLY want to alert you to the entrance to Cartmel along Route 926. First there's a 1000-foot warning sign, then a 600-foot one, then a 300-foot one. It reminds me of those sequential Howard Johnson's or Stuckey's turnpike signs on childhood car trips.
2. The long-empty, graffiti-marred former gas station at Route 1 in front of the Wal-mart is being torn down. There's no indication what's going to replace it.
3. A new (and welcome) Kennett Y parking lot is under construction across Race Street from the Y. And significant earth-moving is also going on in Unionville, behind the post office and fire station, for the new municipal park.
1. The powers that be REALLY want to alert you to the entrance to Cartmel along Route 926. First there's a 1000-foot warning sign, then a 600-foot one, then a 300-foot one. It reminds me of those sequential Howard Johnson's or Stuckey's turnpike signs on childhood car trips.
2. The long-empty, graffiti-marred former gas station at Route 1 in front of the Wal-mart is being torn down. There's no indication what's going to replace it.
3. A new (and welcome) Kennett Y parking lot is under construction across Race Street from the Y. And significant earth-moving is also going on in Unionville, behind the post office and fire station, for the new municipal park.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Good-bye to the garden
I just said good-bye to the vegetable garden of 2013, taking advantage of this warm, breezy afternoon to pull up the dead plants and spread straw. The sunflowers were long gone and the zinnias, celosia, salvia, gomphrena and pumpkins got hit by the frost a week or so ago. The snapdragons are hanging in there and I actually might get a few more bouquets. Not bad for the end of October!
My next chore is to dig up and divide the Peruvian daffodils; they have lovely and fragrant flowers, but the bulbs seem to multiply each season like Bartholomew Cubbins' hats.
There are already amaryllis bulb kits being sold in the grocery stores. Despite their low price, I always have great luck with them.
My next chore is to dig up and divide the Peruvian daffodils; they have lovely and fragrant flowers, but the bulbs seem to multiply each season like Bartholomew Cubbins' hats.
There are already amaryllis bulb kits being sold in the grocery stores. Despite their low price, I always have great luck with them.
Hood's expansion
If you're a major municipal meeting junkie and didn't get your fill of East Marlborough Zoning Hearing Board meetings during the Whitewing Farm controversy, fear not: there's another one coming up. On Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m., the zoning board will meet to review a request from Hood's BBQ to expand its restaurant on Route 82 in Unionville. Hood's is seeking three special exceptions and 11 variances from the township's zoning regulations to accommodate its expansion plans. The hearing will be at the East Marlborough township building, also on Route 82.
A life well lived
The Unionville area has lost another longtime resident: early Oct. 27 Barbara Ann Miller Wilson of Doe Run died at age 81.
A native of Marlborough Village, she graduated in 1949 from Unionville Consolidated School, where she was a cheerleader and 1948 Harvest Queen. She received her degree in elementary education from Maryville College in Tennessee and taught at New Garden Elementary School in the Kennett school district for 35 years. She was the wife of the late Sam Wilson, manager of the King Ranch in West Marlborough, and as her obituary said, "their 49 years together on the ranch were filled with adventures day and night."
I knew my neighbor Mrs. Wilson only later in her life but was always struck by what a gracious and lovely woman she was. At the service at Westminster Presbyterian Church, in addition to beautiful flowers from neighbors and friends, there were lots of photos on display of her with her family, here and on vacation, in her wedding gown or in a swimsuit, and she had a wonderful smile in all of them. Sympathy to her son Samuel S. Wilson, Jr., daughter, Mary Jean, son-in-law Mark Stenz, and granddaughter, Taylor.
Hood's restaurant in Unionville, where Mrs. Wilson was a regular customer and family friend, was closed on Thursday so the staff could attend her funeral. In the past few weeks, when she was ill, I'd often see Sam lunching there on his own. So many people would come up to him and ask, "How's your Mom?" that his lunch break was probably double its normal duration.
A native of Marlborough Village, she graduated in 1949 from Unionville Consolidated School, where she was a cheerleader and 1948 Harvest Queen. She received her degree in elementary education from Maryville College in Tennessee and taught at New Garden Elementary School in the Kennett school district for 35 years. She was the wife of the late Sam Wilson, manager of the King Ranch in West Marlborough, and as her obituary said, "their 49 years together on the ranch were filled with adventures day and night."
I knew my neighbor Mrs. Wilson only later in her life but was always struck by what a gracious and lovely woman she was. At the service at Westminster Presbyterian Church, in addition to beautiful flowers from neighbors and friends, there were lots of photos on display of her with her family, here and on vacation, in her wedding gown or in a swimsuit, and she had a wonderful smile in all of them. Sympathy to her son Samuel S. Wilson, Jr., daughter, Mary Jean, son-in-law Mark Stenz, and granddaughter, Taylor.
Hood's restaurant in Unionville, where Mrs. Wilson was a regular customer and family friend, was closed on Thursday so the staff could attend her funeral. In the past few weeks, when she was ill, I'd often see Sam lunching there on his own. So many people would come up to him and ask, "How's your Mom?" that his lunch break was probably double its normal duration.
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