Wildflower Walk at Guppy Falls

May 2, 2009
9am to 11am

Skaneateles Conservation Area
one mile south of Old Seneca Turnpike
Skaneateles NY 13152

There is a wildflower walk at Guppy Falls which is part of the
Skaneateles Conservation Area.  We will be meeting in the parking area.
We are hoping to see wildflowers at their peak.
This event is free.

A Family A Fair Craft/Vendor Show

May 9th
10 am to 4 pm

Driver Middle School
Marcellus NY
Over Forty Vendors & Crafters to Choose From! Marcellus Community Childcare Center presents A Family
A Fair Shopping Spree on Saturday, May 9, 2009 from 10 AM  to 4 PM. A Family-Fun Day of Shopping!
Driver Middle School in Marcellus Free Admission! Over 40 raffles to choose from! Free Entertainment!
Lunch Options Bake Sale- Our parents are the best bakers in town! Contact: Andrea at (315)383-1322 or
stewartbabies@yahoo.com ****Crafters and Vendors Wanted****

”Make and Take” Rain Barrel Workshops

May 2nd 2009
10 am to 1pm

Village Water Department Garage
75 Fennell Street
Skaneateles, NY
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County is hosting a ?Make and Take? Rain Barrel Workshop,
co-sponsored by the Spafford Area Garden Enthusiasts. Workshop participants will convert recycled
food-grade containers into rain barrels that can then be attached to the end of a downspout to capture
the rainwater that falls onto the rooftop. Rain barrels are becoming increasingly popular with homeowners
because they provide a free source of clean water to use in lawns and gardens. Workshop participants
will also learn the basics of rain barrel installation and maintenance and will be able to paint their
barrel to better match the landscape of their home.

Call 424-9485 for more information.

Nestled in the quaint village of Skaneateles, Bijou is a gem of a little salon. Come visit us whether you’ve come for styling, color, highlighting, texturing, conditioning treatments, waxing, or just a haircut. Bijou has its own unique charm. A dash of France in the Finger Lakes. Central New York’s newest salon, come by Bijou and say hi and prepare to be pampered.

Saturday, May 9, 2009 Grand re-opening at Bijou 6pm – 10pm. Come see their expanded new space at 6 Jordan St. Beverages, hors d’oeuvres and desserts will be served. 10% of all purchases and gift certificates sold will benefit the John Dau Foundation.

Friday, May 1, 2009 Pomodoro to host Patience Brewster and her new line of ornaments at a Wine & Cheese reception 6:30 – 8:30 pm  at 61 E. Genesee St. For more info. Call Karen at 685-8658

I was born in 1952. I grew up with one brother and four sisters in Plymouth, Massachusetts where most of my large extended family still lives. My pals were the horses, dogs, cats, chickens, pigs and cows that populated the fields surrounding us. My inspiration still comes from them as well as the turtles, bullfrogs, fish and dragonflies on Forge’s Pond. In those days we shared Plymouth beach with fewer inhabitants; mostly seagulls, terns and a small herd of swollen overturned fishing boats ripe with starfish, barnacles and tiny crabs.

My name is real. It once belonged to the daughter of Elder William Brewster, the spiritual leader of the Mayflower and my eleventh great-grandfather. As children we were humbled by the story of outcast pilgrims making a treacherous journey toward freedom worthy of sacrifice, landing on an icy Plymouth beach in stark December, with no shelter, no provisions, nor promises to greet them. My family is descended from Love Brewster.

My first real job was as a guide in the Harlow House in Plymouth. Dressed as a pilgrim, I showed tourists how to take a handful of wool or flax clean it, spin it and weave it into cloth.

As far back as I can remember, I drew pictures. When my sister Marlee went to Rhode Island School of Design, I thought it was amazing that there were colleges just for art. I later attended Philadelphia College of Art. I had two exceptional teachers there, Doris Staffel and Lilly Yeh whose words I still hear today.

My degree in printmaking and bookmaking qualified me for immediate employment as a cook, a teddy bear salesperson, and a barmaid. Next I ran an antique store and gallery. All the while I was a closet painter, heaping up a towering portfolio.

In 1977 I married Holland Chauncey Gregg and, a year later, he was the one who convinced me to come out of the woods and take some of that portfolio to New York City.

Knees knocking, I met with rejection and delight. Random House and T.Y. Crowell both asked me to write a picture book. I did just that. My first story was so bad that it went to live in a drawer for ten years (when I finally edited it down to “Rabbit Inn”).

Fortunately, in the meantime, T.Y. Crowell gave me my first book called “Dame Wiggins of Lee and her Seven Wonderful Cats” to illustrate.

Clarion published my second book, which I wrote, called “Ellsworth and the Cats from Mars.”

My children, Holland and Marietta, were born in 1979 and 1981 and became my constant companions and artistic assistants.