Pegg Ridolfo The Ranch Roots Genealogy Club is making a comeback and our first meeting is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 27, from 1 to 3 p.m. in the La Mesa and La Montana Rooms. Any resident of SaddleBrooke Ranch is welcome to attend and join our club if you’d like. There are no dues…
Category: September 2021
Generals, September 2021
SaddleBrooke Ranch ARTwalk Is Back!
Linda Shannon-Hills The SaddleBrooke Artists are preparing their art for the upcoming SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) ARTwalk on Saturday, Oct. 23, and Sunday, Oct. 24, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. To help residents see some of the artists work before the ARTwalk, we have established a closed-group SBR ARTwalk Artists Facebook group. Only residents and artists…
Clubs & Classes, September 2021
Women of Action Attend Border Rally
Judy Smith The SaddleBrooke Women of Action Club recently attended a border rally located next to the border near Hereford, Ariz. The rally, held on a rancher’s land that adjoins the wall, was interesting and informative enough to help us forget the over 100-degree heat. As we gazed at the massive wall, we could see…
Sports, September 2021
Word of the Month: Percipient
Friend, fellow bridge enthusiast and reader, Maria Davis, wrote, “I enjoyed your article on thraldom. It’s easier to spot the etymology when the alternative spelling thralldom is used. I have seen thrall and enthralled but thral(l)dom is a word that I had not encountered previously. I came across an interesting word today—percipient. It was in…
Generals, September 2021
Fantasy Football League Notice
Mike O’Hara Did you love the game of football as a youngster? Do you still love watching NFL football all these years later? Do you enjoy the banter with other fans? If so, you can become the general manager of your own NFL football team. SaddleBrooke has its own NFL fantasy football league run through Yahoo named SaddleBrooke Shines.…
Clubs & Classes, September 2021
Riders Look Forward to Mounting Up for the Fall
Rebecca Williams The Horseback Riding Group is looking forward to their fall season with the first ride schedule for Saturday, Sept. 25. The group will be riding with the Rockin’ K Ranch that does rides from a number of trailheads. The location for the first ride will be posted on the group’s website when it…
Generals, September 2021
Welcome New Neighbors
Linda Harvey and Linda Shannon-Hills Please extend a warm welcome and a wave to the newcomers who recently closed on their homes. We are so glad you have joined our beautiful community and we are eager to meet you. A great welcome program awaits our newest neighbors, designed so that you start meeting people and learning about the…
Sports, September 2021
Welcome Back Putters!
Camille Esterman The Ranchette Putters are hoping to see a sea of pink in the La Hacienda Club on Wednesday morning, Sept. 15, from 9 to 11 a.m. The Welcome Back Putters Party promises to be a lot of fun. There will be food, drinks, and door prizes! This will be the perfect opportunity to…
Generals, September 2021
We Prepare to Bring in the New Year: Tashlich Service at The Ranch
Kim Schweitzer Join us on Tuesday, Sept. 7 (first day of Rosh Hashanah), at 5 p.m. The Shalom Club of SaddleBrooke Ranch invites you to gather by the pond (across from La Hacienda Club) for a short Tashlich service. The Tashlich service is wherein we symbolically cast our sins into the water and leave our…
Features, September 2021
Nature’s Way: Out of This World Birding
Jim Hoagland I have been fortunate to travel the world for birding to places such as the Peruvian Amazon, Costa Rica, Spain, Alaska, Peru, Galapagos, Africa, Europe, and Belize. In Belize. I saw my “spark bird,” the trogon, which started me on my path to becoming a full-time birder. We just returned from another trip…