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 Hi all!
With record low temps this past winter, many gardens throughout the area lost a number of plants. Nancy lost a lot of Rosemary, several Butterfly Bushes, and a Sliverlace Vine. Before she went away at the end of March to visit her grand-children, she planted the three big pots in the wagon with an assortment of flowers and vegetables. It looked pretty. She thought they were safe from the bunnies, but when she returned she found them stripped of all their leaves, leaving little stalks sitting there. Hmmm...then she saw my friends the quails on the pots. Number 2 planting occurred and the same thing happened-bare stalks of stems. Yesterday she planted the pots AGAIN and covered it with bird netting.
The vegetable garden is looking great! Nancy put the bird netting over the bed where she planted spinach, beets including an heirloom variety, snow peas, onions, bok choy, and lettuce and everything came up-a first!! My quail friends are amazing, they were able to find a low spot in the netting near the lettuce, so they were able to push it down enough to be able to nibble on the lettuce.
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Spring blooms! |
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| Special Packages at the Turtle! | |
Have a special event coming up soon? Been thinking about getting together with a group of girlfriends? Want to experience a Balloon Ride during your get away to New Mexico? Streamline your planning and purchase one of the New Special Packages the Chocolate Turtle is now offering. A Romantic Package, Girlfriends Getaway, a Babymoon, and "A Taste of Corrales" are among the new offerings.
Balloon Fiesta-Just One Room for One Night left !!
Fiesta is a magical time and since we crew for a friend who has a Balloon, we love to discuss this special sport with our guests. Ballooning is an early morning sport, so you still have the rest of the day to explore the area. Cancellations do occur, so go to our website and click onto our availability button if you are interested in joining us for this special event!!
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| Awards & Recognitions! |
Chocolate Turtle earns Certificate of Excellence for top ratings.
Chocolate Turtle named one of the Top 10 B&Bs in the US by TripAdvisor - read the release!
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Greetings!
We are excited to announce that Chocolate Turtle Bed and Breakfast has won a 2011 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence!
TripAdvisor awards this certificate to properties who consistently receive excellent ratings from our members. We think our 5 rating is something to be proud of and we thank all of you who posted the wonderful reviews that helped us earn this certificate.
Fondly,
Nancy & Dallas |
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Corrales Garden Tour
Come join us on Sunday June 5 from 9-4pm for the second Annual Corrales Garden Tour, "Behind the Garden Gates." Last year's event was wonderful and this year's gardens will be just as outstanding. Visit six different gardens this year from the Corrales Bosque to the Sandhills. Get a behind the scenes look at traditional cottage gardens as well as colorful xeric gardens. See how vegetables are integrated into flower gardens. Master Gardeners will be available in each garden to answer your questions. Tickets are just $10 and are available at the Village Mercantile, Frontier Mart, and Oasis in Corrales and at many Albuquerque garden centers. Questions? Feel free to contact Nancy at nnrenner@comcast.net
See flyer for details and ticket locations |
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Upcoming Events in the Village
Fourth of July Parade and Family Fun Day- yes on the 4th! This is a real old fashioned event with horses, llamas, tractors, and even a kazoo band!! Takes you back to the days of old.
Harvest Festival- September 24 & 25. Variety of fun activities throughout the Village including Casa San Ysidro and the Old Church and hay rides to transport you from one venue to another. www.corralesharvestfestival.com
Growers Market is every Sunday from 9-noon through October and Wednesday afternoons from 3-6 pm beginning in July. 505-898-7927
Art in the Park and Sunday in Corrales- third Sunday of each month through September.
Holiday Art Fest- November 25-27.
Jolly Holidays in Corrales- December 3&4
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Baby Roadrunners
 We think the second brood of Baby Roadrunners have arrived-both parents have been very busy this week running back and forth getting food from us and scurrying back to the nest. The nest for the first clutch was in the Cholla cacti out back and this second nest is in one of the salt cedar trees out front.
It was so amazing to watch the first clutch of young ones make their entrance into the world when the parents allowed the babies (who are almost full grown) to come out with them to get food. The babies are allowed to come to the edge of the patio and the parents come up on the porch and get the raw hamburger from us. When they take it back to feed the little ones, the babies quickly flap their wings and make a fluttering motion with their mouth-and then the parents feed them. This went on for a couple of weeks before the adults shewed their offspring to find their own homes.
It was funny the other day the baby Thrashers were huddling around mama roadrunner, flapping their wings and holding their mouths open for food. |
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Art is in the Air
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Enjoying a day at Art in the Park. |
One of our favorite events-the Corrales Art Studio Tour was just wonderful as usual this year. Over sixty artists opened their studios and galleries throughout the Village. In addition to enjoying (and purchasing) wonderful art, it's a great opportunity to explore different parts of the Village. Make plans to attend next year-it's usually the first full weekend in May.
Art in the Park began in May and will occur the third Sunday of each month through September. The cool shade of the huge Cottonwoods in La Entrada Park just off of Corrales Road provides a perfect setting to meet our local potters, jewelers, painters, etc. Art in the Park is open from 10 am-4 pm. For beautiful, original, and affordable art, come to Corrales!! Want details? www.corralesartists.org
The 19th Old Church Artfest with handmade works by local New Mexico artists is Saturday and Sunday,
June 4 & 5 from 10-5 at the Old Church. They always have many great items and I seem to start my holiday shopping there. www.corraleshistory.org
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Chocolate Turtle's vegetable garden!
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Sunny summer wishes!
Dallas and Nancy Renner
Your Innkeepers Chocolate Turtle Bed & Breakfast
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Romeo and his friends |
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