As I stroll around Wolf Creek Lodge I see very different treatments of front doors and gathering nodes.  There are flowers, statues, trees, vegetables, playing cards, herbs, chairs, tables and sometimes a minimalist approach.  See our front door picture gallery below with remarks by the owners.  Are these things a reflection of the owner's personality?  I leave you to judge.

Make sure to scroll right down to our regular Magdalene's "Living in the Lodge" column and Roger's "Letter from Virginia".

I love being able to grow herbs for cooking right outside my door!

My pansy patch.

I like having peace and compassion reminders outside my door! Nancy Hill

I can never have too many flowers. I have them on my balcony and in a box on the railing. I may end up encroaching on my neighbors but please don't let them know. Some plants that don't work out here I put in the lodge's landscaping. I do a little landscaping work each day: planting, weeding and watering. The landscaping team is very active. As the plants majure we will have vegetables to eat, fruit from our trees and a cornucopia of flowers and ornamental trees.

A popular spot, on the third level, to gather for appetizers before dinner in the common house.

I sit here watching the beautiful sunsets above the tall pines.....

and here it is.

More to come - too busy having fun now that I'm 70.

Kwan Yin and my greyhound Shambo are best friends!

I love sitting out on my little patio and decorating it with potted flowers. I also love being on the first floor so close to the Common House - only a few steps away - and close to all the action: gatherings for appetizers and beverages before common meals, croquet on the lawn and Petanque on our court close by.

My premium box seat on the ground floor offers the best view of the petanque games. Come join me but bring your own champagne.

There is a movement to eat locally. Claire does this to extreme. She can pluck a second helping without getting up from the table in the gathering node outside her home.

From a distance the landscaping around our patio appears a little sparse. Closer inspection reveals many young plants establishing themselves. Each day we seem to have more as the landscaping team continues their planting campaign. An apple tree arrived this past week. The irrigation system is being extended. Towards the upper right you can see one of our vegetable patches. Our common room salads now include greens from the other vegetable patches.

Our bridge player negelected his gathering node but our latest resident seized the available real estate for her champion roses. See below:

Just let those deer try jumping up to the third floor to get our roses!

We did say bridge - guess there are no jokers in bridge.

The third floor offers some great views. A member on the McKnight wing enjoys this vew of the trees from her kitchen window.

Sadly 307 is still looking for an owner who will look after her.

Bob Miller, editor 

There has been lots of traffic here on the farm. Almost all it has been at the bird feeders. And once again lots of old friends have returned for the spring and summer. The early

visitors, the Titmice, Chick-a-dees, Nutcatches, Juncos and others have moved north. However, Cardinals, Goldfinches, Blue Jays, Phoebes, Carolina Wrens, Towhees, Eastern Bluebirds, Tree swallows, and many others have settled in and are busy building summer cottages around the property.

Lots of things are happening in the gardens. Shall I call you when the snow peas, new potatoes,raspberries and sweet corn are ready for harvest?  Sorry but no sweet potatoes or okra this year.

You'll come visit soon.  

There is a whole crew of "Whakkos" who are combating the Scotch Broom on our hillside. My hat off to them! That's hard work. Kirk, our master "rock artist", is building 150+ steps down to the creek. Whoever cannot get down (and mainly up) all the stairs can at least listen to the slow rumble of the Creek below. But I, in spite of my age, am determined to get down there in the summer to enjoy the shade and cool breeze. I am practicing every day going up and down the steps, 20 at a time and doing as much walking as I can. 

Magdalene 

Cohousing Events

Save The Date!   

Senior Cohousing Forum 

Saturday, June, 29th
1:00-5:00 PM
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists
1606 Bonita Ave, Berkeley  

Wolf Creek Lodge will be joining Phoenix Commons (a planned cohousing community in Alameda/Oakland)  to co-sponsor this Forum.  Learn about new adult-oriented communities in the region, designed specifically to allow residents to age in place. Chuck Durrett and Katie McCamant will be featured speakers. Residents of Wolf Creek Lodge will participate in a panel to answer questions about living in cohousing. Victoria Stone, Community Director, will describe the plans for Phoenix Commons.

$10 at the door (cash or check please)
To RSVP, please contact Victoria at (510)-217-8527

  

   

Open House at Wolf Creek Lodge

Saturday, May 11th and May 25th

We are having our bimonthly Open House at Wolf Creek Lodge and you're invited! Every second and fourth Saturday of the month from 1:00pm to 3:00pm members of Wolf Creek Lodge will gather to meet those interested in Cohousing. That same evening you are invited to join us for a common meal. Please visit the Lodge and find us on the patio or in the Common House. This is a very informal gathering.  

 It's helpful if you register in advance by sending an email to: 

info@wolfcreeklodge.org

  

Colla Voce Spring Concert 

May 4 &5, 2013 ~ 7:00 pm
Grace Lutheran Church
1979 Ridge Road, Grass Valley 

The Colla Voce Chamber Singers, Auburn's premier chorale ensemble, present their Spring Concert "They're Playing Our Song" - This concert experience is a collaboration between audience, singers, Artistic Director, Janine Dexter, Storyteller, Joan Stockbridge, and visual artists, Barbara Hoffmann and Alexa Welch. Click here for info.