2020 WORKSHOPS Jan 4, 2020 RE-PURPOSING

YOUR BALSAM

DECORATIONS 10:30

Instead of sending it to

the land-fill or returning it

right away to the earth, I’ll

show you how to turn your

balsam needles into

deliciously fragrant balsam

bags which are a treat to have

anywhere in your home or car.

I have one next to my pillow.

No materials fee. Contact: 315

826 7405 to attend.

Saturday February 1, 10:30am

WINTER TREE MEDICINE

WALK with Herbalist Lisa

Fazio

On a walk along the groomed

snowshoe/x country ski trail,

we’ll look at the barks and

needles of the trees on the

preserve to identify them and

talk about their medicinal

properties. Please contact

lisa@therootcircle.com to

attend.

SHAWANGUNK NATURE PRESERVE NUGGETS January 2020

255 Shawangunk Road, Cold Brook, NY 13324

Pictures by Peggy Spencer Behrendt

255 Shawangunk Rd

Cold Brook, NY 13324

315 826 7405

www.ShawangunNaturePreserve.com

DELVING DEEPER

by Timothy Hume Behrendt,

SNP Coordinator

Ah, another new year. Another year to live

and do what we need to do and enjoy doing.

It’s understandable why people create New

Year’s resolutions. But this is something we

must do every day, because each day is new and unique and

requires us to respond with our wisest self.

Now that may sound like a cliché, but it’s true. Every

day we live we get a little wiser because of what we experience.

Some of that will be painful, granted, but that, too is part of

every life ever lived. So we all need to face the New Year with

an open mind and heart, and an ever wisdom oriented

consciousness.

Four generations have some

family fun at Shawangunk

AMAZON SHOPPERS!

Smile.amazon.com has the same

prices and products as

Amazon.com, BUT

Amazon donates 0.5% of the price

of your eligible AmazonSmile

purchases to the charitable

organization of your choice. You

may choose Shawangunk Nature

Preserve as the beneficiary of your

purchases. THANK YOU!

“Take comfort in your losses and mistakes when they are added to your wisdom pool. THB

“Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to

weigh thought’s nor measure words.” GEORGE ELIOT

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 315 723

2813 (Tim & Pegs

cell#) or write to

Shawangunk@ntcnet.

com for details.

“What's the use

of a fine house if

you haven't got a

tolerable planet

to put it on?”

― Henry David

Thoreau,

Familiar Letters

West

Canada

Creek

Tim is startled by the sudden

appearance of a Holiday Snow

Bear

The BLACK

CREEK TRAIL

from the end of

Shawangunk Rd

to Black Creek

will be groomed

for

snowshoeing

and cross

country skiing

throughout the

winter months

and may be

used any time.

Please sign in at

the Trail Head.

“Good friends are like

stars, you don’t always see

them but you know they’re

always there.”

Christy Evans

“Walking is the best

possible exercise.”

Thomas Jefferson

”The best way to

cheer yourself is

to try & cheer

someone else up.

Mark Twain

EXERCISE IS FOR EVERYONE!

No matter what your age and almost in any physical condition, you can try these

exercises. Start with a few, and add more each time your practice, if you’re okay with it

physically.

1. Reach down toward your toes while standing, going further down each day. Try to add

up to 25 per session over a period of days.

2. Stretch out your arms and twirl them in clockwise, then counter-clockwise circles.

3. Rotate your head in clockwise, then counter-clockwise circles to strengthen your neck.

All this should be done with mindfulness and caution if you have any health condition

that might be aggravated. (Check with your doctor.)

THIS

PUSSY WILLOW MOUSE

was made by artist:

JESSIE LANDECKER,

(age 98) out of a single

pussy willow catkin and

various wild seed pods.

EVIDENCE OF

INTERESTING CREATURES

IN THE NORTH COUNTRY!

SOME OF THEM LEAVE THEIR

LITTER AFTER A HOLIDAY

PINE CONE FEAST! SOME LEAVE STRANGE,

EDIBLE TRACKS!

THIS ONE WAS SEEN ON THE

BEAVER POND!

(Oh, it’s just a tree stump.)

TTHESE CAMELS LIVE ONLY A FEW

MILES FROM SHAWANGUNK!

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“Tomorrow is the first blank page

of a 365 page book. Write a good

one.” Brad Paisley

Enjoy SNP IN WINTER

We have a nicely plowed parking

area for vehicles that allows visitors to

follow our trail to beautiful Black Creek.

This year it will be groomed for cross

country skiing or snow shoeing when

there’s enough snow.

“I am losing precious days. I

am degenerating into a

machine for making money. I

am learning nothing in this

trivial world of men. I must

break away and get out into

the mountains to learn the

news”

― John Muir

“New beginnings are often

disguised as painful

endings.” Lao Tsu