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Children from the Kendal Early Learning Center present 20th anniversary wishes for their many friends at Kendal at Oberlin. The preschool has been part of Kendal’s history from its beginning. Intergenerational opportunities benefit both the children and their many “grand friends” that live in the retirement community. Read more of this post
Larry and Arlene will soon move to Kendal at Oberlin. Here they share the story on why they chose a continuing care community and why they chose Kendal. This also appears on their personal blog, Acornometrics. Read more of this post
Resident Claudine C. wrote this summary of the Ninde Scholars graduation ceremony for the Oberlin News Tribune. The ceremony is held each year at Kendal at Oberlin. Photos by Kendal resident, Eleanor H.
Both ladies are members of Publicity Plugs, a volunteer program that generates positive public relations stories about the Oberlin City Schools for local newspapers. Read more of this post
Currently on exhibit in the Friends Gallery is a show of photographs titled, “The Nature of Kendal.” During these stark winter months, the vivid colors of these images are a refreshing reminder of memories of seasons past. Read more of this post
Each month, The Kendalight features a column titled “Nature Sightings,” compiled by Kendal resident Betty W. Material for the column is drawn from the record of wildlife sightings observed by residents and recorded for the rest of the community to see. Birds and butterflies, deer and turtle, the list is always something different.
This being the best time of year for wildflowers, Betty also added a summary of blooms on Kendal’s Wildflower Hill (or, as some call it, Kendal Mountain). She took some pictures, as did another Kendal photographer, Eleanor H. The excerpt below is from the August issue of The Kendalight. This is a great time of year to take a stroll on the hill, to stop and smell the flowers.
Blooming on Wildflower Hill – July 14, 2011:
Alsike clover, birdsfoot trefoil,black-eyed susan, bladder campion,blazing star, bouncing bet, brown-eyed
susan, bull thistle (almost blooming), butterflyweed, Canada thistle, chicory, common plantain, creeping bell flower, crocosmia (one plant, must have migrated from Bill’s garden), Culver’s root (I think; first time I saw it there), cup plant (will bloom very soon), curled dock, daisy fleabane, dame’s rocket (still a little), day lily, Deptford pink, English plantain, European horsemint, gray-headed coneflower (I think it’s gray not green), heal-all, indian hemp, milkweed, oxeyed daisy, purple coneflower, Queen Anne’s lace, rattlesnake master, red clover, sow thistle, St. Johnswort, sweet pea, sweet William, teasel, western ironweed, yarrow (both common white and a few pink), yellow and white sweet clover, and white vervain (at the bench by Rock Pond). AND – There is now a bench on the top of Wildflower Hill, thanks to Ben L.!
Come see for yourself! -Betty W.
It’s still cool in early May at Kendal at Oberlin, but there are definite signs that spring is here. Daffodils and tulips are blooming, leaves are appearing on the trees and birds are busy building their nests.
Resident photographer, Jane H., captured these striking images near the edge of Farmers Pond on May 2, 2011:
