On June 24, the Friday Duplicate Bridge Club celebrated the 50th wedding anniversary of founding members and dear friends, Lorraine and Bill Smith. The Smiths hail from New York, via Denver and Vail, and have lived at the Ranch since 2014. Their children reside in Denver and Dallas. Lorraine currently serves as president of the…
Susan Sterling Drum roll please … announcing a CCP production in spring 2023! Shawne Cryderman, co-founder of CCP, will direct the spring 2023 production. Her team is ready to go to work on another entertaining venture. Connie Ward will be Shawne’s “right hand gal” as producer and Al Weigel has enthusiastically agreed to be Shawne’s…
Ranch Garden Tour Committee Calling all SaddleBrooke Ranch Residents! This is your chance to sign up to host and share your garden during the October Ranch Garden Tour. Are you proud of the work you have completed in your backyard landscaping? The Ranch Garden Tour is looking for homeowners who would like to share their…
David Taylor Thirty years doing anything makes for extremely competent expertise. Ask Amir Karimi. He knows handmade exotic rugs—how to purchase them, how to repair them, how to restore them, and how to hand-wash them so they continue to bring enjoyment to his clients for many years. He has instilled this same passion and pride…
Gerald Tietje Butterflies flutter by, especially after strong monsoon rains like we had last summer. My wife, Claire, and I moved to SaddleBrooke Ranch in June 2021, and shortly thereafter the welcome rains began, producing a plethora of flowers in our yard. Rains begat flowers and flowers begat butterflies. They were everywhere! As our Little-leaf…
Ross Dunfee At the outset of the 19th century, Great Britain was locked in a long and bitter conflict with Napoleon Bonaparte’s France. Both France and Great Britain attempted to block the United States from trading with the other, and restrict the USA from westward expansion. Beginning in 1812, Napoleon began to encounter the first…