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Outdoor Encounters: Pebble & Pond
April 22, 2025
Blog
Submitted by Nathan Bolls
I once read, and filed away, a quote by artist Pablo Picasso. These words seem to have been spoke in frustration:
“Everyone wants to understand painting. Why don’t they try to understand the singing of birds? Why do they love the night, a flower, everything that surrounds them, without trying to understand them? But painting, they must understand.”
The Red Hat Society, a national women’s organization, started in 1988. In 2004, dues were paid so that Meadowlark Hills could establish a chapter, named Manhatters Red Hat. Monthly luncheons and outings have been delightful happenings ever since. Somewhere along the way we became somewhat separated from the Red Hat Society and stopped paying dues, however we retained the name Red Hat.
Last week at the October Red Hat Luncheon, a discussion was held and the decision made to drop the “Red Hat” name and simply be “Manhatters.” Our goals continue to be the same. There are no dues.
A local business has generously agreed to help Meadowlark Hills Foundation promote HOGtoberfest, which is set for Thursday, Oct. 29. The what, where, when and why pertaining to HOGtoberfest is expected to be displayed beginning Monday, Oct. 12, on two marquees in Manhattan. Be on the look-out for these signs! The first employee, resident or Passport member to contact Becky Fitzgerald after seeing one of these marquees will be entered to win the HOGtoberfest door prize, a barbecue meal for 10.
If you lived for a significant portion of your life in a rural community in Riley or Pottawatomie County and are willing to be interviewed by a team of three to four K-State students about your experiences in those communities, we need your help! A KSU Professor, Matt Sanderson, PhD is looking for the opportunity to provide engaged learning for his Rural Sociology students. We want you to tell them of your experiences in those communities.
Beware of Scam!
A couple weeks ago, I shared about the National Do No Call Registry. Since then, a few residents and neighbors have reported being contacted by scammers via telephone. Remember, scammers will say anything and their goal is to get you to say “yes.”
Submitted by Nathan Bolls
I saw a yellowed leaf fall yesterday, just the barest ripple of the coming inevitable avalanche of change. Those of us who live with the seasons know the truth of the remark once made by the writer M.C. Richards: “Whatever has form is in the process still of being formed. Form is never fixed.”
Submitted by Sue Hunt
When you pass by Leo Glen on the way to the pond, you will see a drift of yellow made by the many different type of sunflowers. Some of the common ones: the Maximilian’s stiff, plains, willow leaf and Jerusalem artichoke. To me they are all sunny happy signs of fall. I saw a number of Monarch butterflies flying from flower to flower to get the needed nectar for their long migratory to Mexico.
2nd annual HOGtoberfest to benefit Good Samaritan Fund
Fiends of Meadowlark Hills have a fun and tasty opportunity to support the Meadowlark Hills Foundation’s Good Samaritan Fund when the doors to Cox Bros. BBQ open at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29. Brothers Bud and Bobby Cox, sons of Meadowlark Hills residents Newton and Ellie Cox, pledge to donate 10% of that day’s proceeds to the Fund.
Technically it’s time to go digital!
Submitted by Sarah Duggan
It was announced a while ago that Cox Communications would be going digital for all television services. For those of us who don’t have a digital box for our cable already (this is something you would have had to sign up and pay extra for directly through Cox), then we’ll need a new “mini box” to continue receiving our television channels.
The Diabetes Support Group will be meeting at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, in the KSU Classroom. Jeff Heidbreder, Fitness Leader, will be guest speaking about exercise and diabetes.