SHAWANGUNK NATURE PRESERVE NUGGETS January 2019

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1 SHAWANGUNK NATURE PRESERVE NUGGETS January Shawangunk Road, Cold Brook, NY The Winter Solstice Sun sets on Shawangunk Forest. SNP Workshops at the Preserve will begin in April 2019 Drawing, Basketry and Gourd Craft classes will be offered at Long Point Park and the Barrier Island Turtle Sanctuary in Florida during the winter. Call (Tim & Pegs cell#) or write to for details. Delving Deeper by Timothy Hume Behrendt, SNP Coordinator One of the greatest producers of peace of mind I have come to know and practice is summarized in one sentence: Live your life as best you can in wholesomeness, learn from the mistakes and build on the wonderful foundation of truth, goodness and beauty. So let it be for all in Tim is admiring a wreath made in one of our workshops.

2 Nothing in the Universe can stop you from letting go and starting over. Guy Finley writer "Snow was falling, so much like stars filling the dark trees that one could easily imagine its reason for being was nothing more than prettiness. Mary Oliver ICE Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes, it is letting go. Hermann Hesse Anne came dancing home in the purple winter twilight across the snowy places. L.M. Montgomery

3 The SNP Traditional Wreath Making Workshops Continue! This year we garnered almost $1,000 for SNP expenses from our gently harvested greens. Heavenly Scent ENJOY YOUR WREATH OR TREE ALL YEAR! Put some branches in a paper bag. Let the needles dry and fall off, gather them up and stuff them into cloth bags with pretty designs. I used cotton quilt batting to make an inside liner bag to reduce the prickliness.

4 Our uniqueness makes us special, makes perception valuable, but it can also make us lonely. Any Tan, novelist Someone s knocking on our house! You must gain control over your money or the lack of it will forever control you. Dave Ramsey Those little bright eyes know when your attention is wandering. When they are telling you the news from school, give your full attention. Everything else can be set aside for the moment. You are teaching your children to listen to you. Eknath Easwaran, Our youngest wreath maker. Pink cheeks are the winter fashion at SNP modeled by Tim & Pegs Great Grandchildren August & Sylvia Behrendt

5 MAKE A HEALTHY HOLIDAY SNACK A VEGETABLE TREE! Cover a cone shaped piece of floral foam with clear, plastic wrap, then insert toothpicks with a variety of raw vegetables pierced on the end. We used: broccoli, celery, mini-carrots, pepper pieces, grape tomatoes with parsley for extra fill. Strips of sweet pepper can form garlands. Learn from what has been; Live nobly with what is THB New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings. Lao Tsu There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth.., not going all the way and not starting. Buddha Imagine you re a chickadee eating next to something as oo big as a woodpecker! FYI: The colored glass beads on the wire twirl (if not frozen), and keep the squirrels from being able to crawl along it to the bird feeder.

6 Walking is the best possible exercise. Thomas Jefferson Enjoy SNP IN WINTER We have a nicely plowed parking area for vehicles that allows visitors to follow our trail to beautiful Black Creek. Snowshoes or cross-country skis are necessary to navigate our deep forest snow, and it s well worth it!! Do what you did in the beginning of a relationship and there will be no end. Tony Robbins Peg finds room in our cottage to baste a flannel quilt with woodsy picture panels. The truth is, everybody is going to hurt you. You just gotta find one worth suffering for. Bob Marley