SCHOONER ESTATES ~ EST. 1989 OUR COMMUNITY IS YOUR COMMUNITY
Writers: Your Schooner Family | Editor: Theresa Nardone
🗓️ In This Issue:
- April Showers Bring…
- Pet Profile: Sunny
- Word Search
- New Arrivals
- “What I’m Reading” by Helen McKinley
- Recipe Corner
- Our Favorite Photos
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The most beautiful things can grow when we simply provide the space for them. We bet that our resident gardeners Polly Glavine, Dot Cobb, and Martha Bania, can’t wait to get started planting beautiful flowers and other annuals in our raised garden beds.
🐱 Pet Profile
Sunny: “I loved with Jim Williams, now I am with his sister, Anne. I nap a lot during the day and hunt for catnip toys at night.”
🙂 Schooner Tenant Profiles
Please give these folks a warm Schooner welcome!
Note: Some of our profiles do not include photographs, as it depends on a tenant’s preference.
- Please welcome our newest neighbor: Phyllis G. Phyllis joins us from nearby, in Freeport. She is thrilled to be closer to her three adult children and to enjoy our chef-prepared meals and vibrant social scene.
- Meet new resident Patricia M.! A former teacher and innkeeper with a lifetime of stories, she is originally from California but has lived all across the United States. She made the move to us from Quincy, Massachusetts, to be closer to her daughter. Fun fact: Patricia has written a novel!
- Welcome, Richard, “Dick,” R. A longtime Sabattus resident, Dick is thrilled to be part of our community. He is looking forward to enjoying good food and social activities.
📖 What I’m Reading
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.
Elizabeth Zott enjoyed a great relationship with her husband, Calvin Evans. After Calvin passed away, Elizabeth was pregnant and alone with her dog Six-Thirty. Elizabeth realized that she would have to reenter the workforce.
She faced challenges being a single mother. Her previous life had included a career as a scientist dealing with chemistry.
Elizabeth was lucky to be hired as an afternoon TV host on a cooking show. The TV producers were shocked to see what she did in front of an audience with food.
Elizabeth changed many women’s lives with her show.
“This was a delightfully fun book to read!” – Helen McKinley
🍽️ Recipe Corner
Easy Overnight Oats
Combine in a bowl or Mason jar:
- 1/2 cup oats
- 1/2 cup milk
- A handful of raisins
Cover, and, as indicated in the title, pop this into your fridge overnight! This dish can be microwaved for 1–2 minutes to enjoy warm, or it can be eaten cold straight out of the fridge, since instant oats are already cooked when you buy them.
Variations include:
- For a higher protein content, add 1 scoop of protein powder.
- Replace the raisins with maple syrup, honey, brown sugar, or mashed banana.
🧩 Word Search: Spring
Words go every way!
Word List: AMARYLLIS, ASTER, CARNATION, CLEMATIS, CORNFLOWER, DAFFODIL, DAISY, FOXGLOVE, FUCHSIA, GLADIOLUS, HEATHER, HYACINTH, IRIS, LAVENDER, LILAC, PEONY, ORCHID, ROSE, SUNFLOWER.
(A table grid of letters follows this list in the original newsletter.)