This blog has been superseded by the new blog   https://unitedcivic.org/

Farewell old blog

 

A Christmas Present: Hastings Pools and Locker Rooms now open

 

You waited too long to jump on Part 2, classy!

Seasons Greetings

 

Genuine English robin ... don't you miss the snow.  

End of Hurricane season 2023

 Celebrate the end of another Hurricane season 11/30/2023  

Stay Alert

 

Who needs grass!

 

In CV - Riccardia  

Flanders Fields

 

Technology is sentient

Technology is sentient, and just likes to mess with us. But you can get help at the Computer Club, next meeting first Thursdayof month, November 2nd, Club House Room A, 12:30 pm

Memory of Fran Sagrans

In memory of Fran Sagrans and her love for children. Hardworking President of Sussex L On Children Kahlil Gibran Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far. Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness; For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable. From The Prophet (Knopf, 1923). This poem is in the public domain.

Full moon

 

How Century Village runs

There is a serious lack of knowledge of how Century Village runs here, sometimes on Facebook or the busses.

Read the blog Part One https://village-blog-and-chat.blogspot.com/

Go to Delegate Assemblies, every first Friday of the month in the Clubhouse, at 9:30 am, you do not need to be a Board member

Check events in the Clubhouse lobby office 

Read your by-laws, copy in every condo  

Also, newbies can read brochures:

  Welcome to UCO

  Welcome to WPRF

Be Kind

 

Dorothy Chicken

Dorothy is a feral chicken that lived around Sussex a year ago.  She was very popular for her small eggs, she laid one per day in season on a patio chair.
Then she left us for Northampton and apparently is still there.

I do not think anyone "is keeping chickens"  CAM report.  Dorothy found the bird seed.

Vote by mail must be renewed

Vote by mail will not carry on from previous requests. (Crazy politicians)  

You must go to https://www.votepalmbeach.gov/ and request again.

Good website from Wendy Sartory.

Mango Bunny

 

Signs of global warming, mangoes earlier this year.

No Black Gold

 For anyone who thinks there is black gold dirt under CV, probably not, here is NW CV, only black is black top. Sand and more sand!

Day at the Beach

 

Gator trappers are real

Gator trappers are real

The rest not so much :-) 

Just one of those days!!

Bird Watching

 Have you seen a painted bunting in CV. There was one last week in the NW corner of CV, but it has not returned, maybe just passing thru?

Enjoy Azerbaijan country life

Go to youtube and look for 'villageria vlog'.  There are dozens of videos of lush but old-fashioned country life, grandmas on the homestead harvesting and cooking everything the old-fashioned way. It looks idyllic and the sound track is soothing.  One of my favorites is "jam watermelon hazelnut" click click search.  The range of produce and the fertility is amazing and will make you cry if you are trying to grow anything in the Round Up sand of CV.  

Free COVID-19 Rapid Test kits

 There are free iHealth COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test kits at the Okee library - hurry.

Self-test at home results in 15 minutes.

Send a message of condolence to the UK

 https://www.royal.uk/send-message-condolence

This link includes many useful links.

Be kind to the volunteers at UCO

 

Suggested sign for UCO

Buy Impact Windows, Doors Without Sales Tax

 

Buy Impact Windows, Doors Without Sales Tax

Florida's "house hardening" sales tax holiday began July 1. It runs for two years, through June 30, 2024. If you've been considering adding impact doors or windows to your home, now is a good time to do it.

More El Presidente market Brunch

 

It must be the heat and humidity

 

CV Haverhill sign

 

New metallic effects, maybe it will reflect in the dark!

Presidente supermarket

 Give Presidente supermarket a try

You could easily use the CV bus and spend an hour or two exploring the market, - or have a meal from the hot bar.

I will keep my prepaid Walmart delivery but go to Presidente for specials:

20 limes $1

5 bananas $1

3 Palmolive bath soap bars $1

Condensed milk 80c

2 Hagen Daz ice cream $5

tomatoes, malanga, pumpkin, onions peppers, papaya, eggplant all under $1/lb.

Bananas and rice mountain

Total lunar eclipse: 'Blood Moon' will be visible in South Florida this weekend

 

Here is a cbs12.com article,

              cbs12.com/newsletter-daily/total-lunar-eclipse-blood-moon-will-be-visible-in-south-florida-this-weekend 

When to see the Total Lunar Eclipse

Here are the times, according to time and date, to watch the Total Lunar Eclipse this weekend:

• 10:27 p.m. Sunday - Partial eclipse begins. This is when the moon will begin turning red.

• 11:29 p.m. Sunday - Total eclipse begins. This is when the moon enters the full shadow of the earth and the moon is completely red.

• 12:11 a.m. Monday - Maximum eclipse. This is when the moon is the closest to the center of the earth's shadow.

• 12:53 a.m. Monday - Total eclipse ends. The moon is emerging from the earth's shadow.

• 1:55 a.m. Monday - Partial eclipse ends.

• 1:55 a.m. Monday - Partial eclipse ends.