WITH MANY THANKS TO GERI AND BILL WINKELMAN AND THEIR STAFF WHO CREATED THE FIRST PONDERINGS

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1 WITH MANY THANKS TO GERI AND BILL WINKELMAN AND THEIR STAFF WHO CREATED THE FIRST PONDERINGS Let the Ponderings continue Autumn 2018

2 Welcome to our first edition of the revised Ponderings. Our newsletter needs YOU to make it complete. So please join us in adding to its interest and content. Willow Ponds offers a special WELCOME to our many new residents. Let us not forget that RENTERS are a part of our community please join us in our efforts to make our community a happier and more beautiful place to live. To the young families with babies and children, thank you for your youth and vitality. Upcoming WP events: Recipe Club: 9:30 am - VEGGIES! All are welcome! (group meets on the 3rd Saturday of month) 1st meeting was a success! Info at pbeauregard@verizon.net Book Club: Last Friday of the 7pm Cookie Exchange: December (look for the sign) Join our Community at NEXTDOOR.COM. Willow Ponds now has a forum where residents, condo reps, and board members can (to name just a few): Communicate on a daily basis regarding news, updates, and suggestions in a safe, secure way. Post impromptu parties, weather warnings, and community updates. Sell and give away items. Card Nights: Please inform us IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN STARTING A CLUB, WE WELCOME YOUR INPUT. Do you have an artistic flair? Do you take GREAT photos? Do you have a talent you would like to share with the community? Submit ideas to ELponderings@yahoo.com GETTING TO KNOW OUR CONDO REPRESENTATIVES This Issue Features Condo 3 Hello all!!! My name is Linda Vetrano-Zamojcin. I live at 3403 Willow Pond Drive. I've been here since August of I ve been a condo rep for Condo 3 for ten years. I took a brief leave when I got sick. BUT I obviously went back soon after again. I am here to help you with any questions or difficulties you might have with things that happen here in Willow Ponds. You might want to drop a note off at my home and leave it taped to my door if I am not home. ORRRR you may call me at Hello WP Neighbors! I am pleased to introduce myself as one of the new reps for Condo 3. As a former resident from Westhampton Beach, I feel like I am rediscovering Long Island as my husband Charles and I explore the North Shore and condo living. Change is good and exciting and I look forward to any and all positive changes to help our community remain a beautiful, safe and friendly environment. With kindness and gratitude. Pamela Bloxon Helga Levy is also a condo rep for Condo 3. Condo 1 Reps: Nancy Beauregard, Edythe Tomkinson Condo 2 Reps: Lorraine Blizzard, Nancy Dowling, Susan Lydon,

3 Elf Help written by Anne Calodich Fone Giving is born in a heart filled with thankfulness. Let s try to choose to live with an attitude of constant gratitude. Remembering Jane Roberts. The bright blue eyes and smiling face that always greeted me, the trips to the gym for Pilates classes, our New Year s parties. Most of all, I will remember her in the garden, working to make everything as beautiful as she was Phyllis Gambrill. Jane and I had three story end condo units that mirrored each other. Every morning we would raise the shade on the window at the top of the stairs. That was our check-in procedure which said: all is well. Jane will always be fondly remembered..ginny Palleschi My friend Jane was a great lady. I loved going to the movies with her. She always got her popcorn! We would be passing it back and forth during the movie.. Sometimes, popcorn WAS Jane s dinner! You were a great lady Jane, and I will miss you. XOXO.Linda Zamojcin Our Janie-gal gave generously of her knowledge and physical energy. After finishing a day s landscaping project in Willow Ponds, dinner was prepared by my husband, Zoli, accompanied by a glass of wine (maybe two). It was our ritual! Many fine hours were spent with a fine woman. Thank you Jane...Marilyn Szabo Jane, my dear friend.the constant gardener. Marie Calandra Jane s daughters and grandchildren will miss her love, family loyalty, strength, perseverance, quick wit and generosity. We here at Willow Ponds will miss the strong, funny lady with the amazing blue eyes!...barbara Graziano Jane Roberts passed away on July 14, Byron s Corner Lord Byron Emory has been a canine resident of the Willow Ponds Community since May of As a team player, Byron does his best to follow the Rules and Regulations, and is current with all his registration records. Byron is classified as a Morkie, weighing just under 6 lbs and is a lover of humanity. Interview provided by Barbara Graziano Barbara: So Byron, are you happy living here in Willow Ponds? Byron: Yes, I love the birds and the rabbits, and I made some really cool friends. Barbara: Does anything about Willow Ponds make you unhappy? Byron: Weeelllll there is one thing that rubs my belly the wrong way. When I go walking with Mom and she picks up stuff that other dogs left. It s just not fair! She s MY mom! I don t like it. Barbara: Why do you get upset about another dog s stuff? Byron: Because the other day I was with Mom and she bent down to pick something up and it didn t come from me. And it was big, really big. And I thought should mine be that big? Am I a failure? And then I thought, Wow, maybe these other dogs don t have moms and dads to pick up after them. Maybe I ve gotta share my mom, even if I don t wanna. Barbara: Is there anything Willow Ponds can do about that? Byron: I don t know. I m just a pup. It s up to the humans. Byron says... Please show how much you love your pets. No TresPOOPing Please. Clean Mind Clean Soul When one de-clutters the home, one is able to enjoy a higher quality of life. Susan Emory Professional Organizer CleanMindCleanSoul.com CleanMindCleanSoul@gmail.com

4 A NOTE FROM THE BOARD: The board would like to thank the Communications Team for all their efforts to bring back the popular Ponderings newsletter. Every season brings new projects and challenges. This coming Fall has been no exception. The street trees will be trimmed in October. Precision Management will identify driveways that need to be repaired in October. Please check your s or pick up a Lawn Elements update in the clubhouse, and be sure to follow the minutes as well for all updates. To ensure the pool will open on time for the 2019 Memorial Day weekend, the stone coping of the pool will be reset and/or replaced as necessary. In the Spring the pool will be marble dusted. It was really great to see so many old friends and new faces come out to the August Happy Hour! President: Anton D Martino Vice President: Charlie Ambrosio Treasurer: MaryEllen Santamaria Secretary: Nancy Beauregard Directors: Charles Carron, Ellen Hoil RECIPE OF THE MONTH : Pumpkin Harvest Soup Ingredients: 1 cup chopped fine fennel 1/4 cup chopped fine shallot 2-3 tbsp grated fresh ginger 1 tbsp minced garlic 1/2 cup diced onion 2 peeled and sliced pears (on ripe side) 3/4 to 1 cup apple cider or juice 1/4 tsp nutmeg 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1 bay leaf 1/2 tsp black pepper salt to taste 1 lg can Libby s packed pumpkin 2/3 cups chicken stock 1/2 cup sherry or good white wine 1/4 to 1/2 cup heavy cream Corn starch or roux Sauté fennel, shallot, onion and garlic in butter or oil until lightly brown and tender. Add cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, bay leaf and pepper to vegetables and cook for 5 minutes. Add pears and cook till tender. Meanwhile, heat chicken stock in separate pot. Add corn starch or roux until slightly thickened. Add stock to sautéed vegetables and pears. Add canned pumpkin and cider. Puree in blender and let simmer on low flame for 30 minutes. Stir in sherry and heavy cream. Now...ENJOY! Condo Humor: A man hated his wife's cat, Mr. Peepers, so he drove the cat to a park and left him. When the man got back, Mr. Peepers was walking up the driveway. The next day, he drove Mr. Peepers to another town and booted him out. The man arrived home to find Mr. Peepers asleep in his chair. Finally the man drove 20 miles away, turned right, then left, went over a mountain, down in a valley, through a river and into a thick forest. Hours later, he called home to his wife; "Jen, is Mr. Peepers there?" "Yes" she replied. "Why?" "I'm lost and I need him to give me directions home." MILESTONES: Barbara Graziano is celebrating an undisclosed birthday on October 29 John Graziano is celebrating an equally undisclosed birthday on November 15 Happy birthday to my hubby, Pete Beauregard on October years young! Love from Nancy Business card ads can be purchased for $25 per issue. Donations of any size are appreciated for reproduction.

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6 Our Contributors include many of our community who believe being a good neighbor is essential to the well-being of mind, body, and soul. T H I N K T - True H - Helpful I - Inspiring Questions, articles, and thoughts can be sent to Susanvemory@gmail.com. Please note that all submissions must be signed. N - Noble K - Kind