2013 SUMMER READING PROGRAM June 11, 2013

2013 SUMMER READING PROGRAM June 11, 2013  by abiquiulibrary 2013 SUMMER READING PROGRAM June 11, 2013 to August 8, 2013 Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3 to 5 pm. The theme this year is Dig Into Reading. On the first day we will have a turtle racebetween two Greek turtles on Opening Day!  During the summer we will be doing a garden, having a treasure hunt, and projects with ants, rabbits and Prairie Dogs. Prizes are given. Call the library at 685-4884 or come in to sign up. NM State Archives Digital Cuaderno Project The Abiquiu Library will be having a public power point presentation on Friday, June 14, 2013 from 6 to 7 PM PRESCHOOLERS PLAYGROUP For Kids ages 1 to 5 and their Moms, Dads, Grandparents. At the Abiquiu Library on Wednesday from 10 to 12. Join us for story time and music. call Amy at 685-0591

For Sale

For Sale by abiquiulibrary Pueblo de Abiquiu Library and Cultural Center need your Support ! No Donation too small, but $ 10.- will get you a handmade Pinwheel made with recycled Paper on a Willow Stick collected after a local Acequiu clean up. Please call the Library at 505 685 4884 for more Information. Thank you ! Iren Schio, Board Member and Pinwheel Maker

Please come.  Blue Skies, Bridget

Abiquiu Inn - Galeria Arriba    "Hidden Layers"    Opening Reception       Rod Mikinski - Photographer Phyllis Pease - Artist       May 31, 6 - 8 pm Galeria Arriba      505.685.4378

Benefit for the Pueblo de Abiquiu Library Sun Jun 9.

El Rito Library Plant Sale, Seed Trade - May 25!

Come on Saturday, May 25, 2013 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the El Rito Library to help support your local growers, artists, and the El Rito Library. Bring plants to sell, seeds to trade, or come to shop - Everyone is welcome! Sample local foods made from native seeds (pintos, posole, chili). Find out what's happening at local farms, gardens, farmer's markets and schools. Locally grown produce will be available.

Plants for sale include: heirloom garden vegetables and flowers, perennial herbs, shrubs, trees, and house plants. Kid's activities will include sowing seeds in ports to take home and FREE seeds for kids. Seed exchange is FREE and envelopes will be provided.

Attention Artists - come sell your art and crafts. Bring your own tables, chairs and shade. A donation to the library of 20% of profits is suggested. All donations welcome and appreciated.

For more information, please contact Board Member, Marcela Casaus at 505-280-2284 or email her at macasaus@gmail.com.
Hope to see you here on May 25th!

Lavender Farm opens Wed May 15th for the season!

News from Elizabeth at the Purple Adobe Lavender Farm!  Farm & Store opens Wednesday May 15th!!!

This is the ad we put in the New Mexican... Can you spot the mistake.... My goof... I approved it....but they wrote it....May 15 th is Wednesday not Saturday... Non the less the Purple Adobe Lavender Farm opens Wednesday May 15. We are open Wednesday through Saturday from 10 am till 4pm. The shoppe is ready for you....See you at the farm....

Lost Shepherd!

COOPER Is A Missing DOG Near You! LAST SEEN: ABIQUIU, NM 87510 RANCHO ACQUIAS & RD 1623 & STATE RD 554 WAYS TO HELP: PET INFORMATION SPECIES: DOG BREED: SHEPHERD LOST: 05/02/2013 AGE: 1 YEAR, 5 MONTHS PRIMARY COLOR: BLACK SECONDARY COLOR: BROWN SEX: M WEIGHT: 80 MICROCHIP #: 985121009229294

Bode's on Travel Channel tonight or watch the video here!

The Travel Channel was at Bode's a few months ago filming an episode of the TV Show called "Burgerland" It will be televised tonight on the Travel Channel or you can watch the video here. Not sure if tonights episode is longer than the just posted video.  Video here.  and more info here.

New baby Giraffe named Abiquiu!

It's official...The Albuquerque Zoo just named their new baby giraffe "Abiquiu!!!

Here's the article.

New Abiquiu Clinic to be built soon next to Abiquiu Inn.

Abiquiu- Las Clinicas del Norte, Medical clinic approved to construct new $2.5 million facility. Moving to new location next to the Abiquiu Inn.   Link here.

Community Plant Sale and Seed Exchange.

El Rito Public Library 581-4608 Hours: Tuesday thru Saturday 12-5 pm		PUEBLO DE ABIQUIU LIBRARY And Cultural Center 505-685-4884 POB 838, Abiquiu, NM 87510 abiquiupl@gmail.com www.abiquiulibrary.wordpress.com Library Hours: 1 pm to 6 pm, Sunday - Thursday
Community Plant Sale and Seed Exchange Our annual plant sale is scheduled for Saturday, May 25, 2013, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Come sell your plants, seeds to trade, or come to shop - everyone is welcome. Sample local foods made from native seeds (pintos, posole, chili). There will also be local artists selling their arts and crafts. Vendors must bring their own tables and chairs. A donation of 20% of profits is suggested for the Library. If you are inter- ested, please contact Marcela Casaus, Board Mem- ber, at macasaus@gmail.com. See you here at the Library!

Abiquiu Inn Open House! May 19th 1:00-4:00 p.m.

From Bridget McCombe at the Abiquiu Inn! Everyone please put the Artists' Open House on the 19th May from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at The Abiquiu Inn in your diaries, everyone is very welcome & we will have local wine tasting, sips & tastes from the menu at the Inn, many of the great artists & writers who have work at The Abiquiu Inn will be with us...proceeds from the Wine Tasting to Espanola Valley Humane Society. ACMF Show in the Galleria Arriba..more to follow..hope you can join us...wishing you blue skies. Bridget

Bode's on The Travel Channel Monday May 13, 2013!!

Local Fire: Travel Channel series spotlights four of N.M.’s finest burger joints

Destination: Bode’s General Store

North in Abiquiu, Dennis Liddy and his wife, Constance, have owned the Bode’s General Store for about 20 years. The original store opened in the late 1890s and the store’s namesake, Martin Bode, a German immigrant, was looking for work and bought the store in 1919.

Motz says a food reviewer recommended Bode’s and it appears as the fourth act, a time in each episode when he features a burger he hasn’t eaten before: “Now I love it. The Liddys are great people.”

Bode’s green chile cheese burger is a half-pound handmade patty with New Mexico green chile, served with melted cheddar on a seeded bun.

Liddy likes the attention, with some reservations: “I’m afraid to get anyone’s expectations too high. We’re a gas station after all. We’ve been offering food for the past 18 years. We try to make as close to homemade as we can. The meats are the highest quality we can buy and we try to serve everything fresh.”By Donna Olmstead / Journal Staff Writer on Wed, Apr 10, 2013

POSTED: 12:05 am

COURTESY OF THE TRAVEL CHANNEL These four are some of the best, George Motz says of his New Mexico choices for the new Travel Channel series, Burger Land. These places have great hamburgers and great stories. Here, he gets ready to take a bite at Bobcat Bite in Santa Fe.

News from Bridget at the Abiquiu Inn!

Happy May Friends & Neighbours, May is officially a Brilliant Month at the Abiquiu Inn. The summer menu is in, the ACMF Final Reception & Silent Auction is 4pm-6pm on May 25th, then to close the month out in style Hidden Layers opens on May 31st. This is a brilliant exhibition with art to touch, feel & even sit on. Opening reception on 31st May. Times to follow. Shop local, save local for the summer is 15% OFF all full priced items in the gift store for locals & 10% OFF all SALE items. Let us know you are local to make sure we give you the discount. Happy, happy May, wishing you blue skies & gentle rain. Bridget Mother's Day also - what a brilliant May!!!

Purple Adobe Lavender Farm, Abiquiu, New MexicoSEASON OPENING The Purple Adobe Lavender Store is ready to open. The farm is waking up and the weather is beautiful We hope to see you all at our Season Opening May 8th We are open Wednesday through Saturday 10 - 4 pm. the store will be filled with new items for this year, so many lovely things, and the nursery will be ready and open. It is time to plant your lavender garden, and we have just the right lavender in our nursery for you. Need some help to decided on what variety of lavender to plant? Just ask, we love to help! See you at the farm....

Report Illegal Dumping! Here is the link with form.

Partners for a Clean New Mexico - Link here. 

Illegal dumping is a serious and chronic problem in New Mexico. It causes significant negative impacts to public health and safety, the environment, water quality, aesthetics, and our economy. Many entities are taking action to address the causes and effects of illegal dumping. With this plan, these organizations and individuals joined together as the Partners for a Clean New Mexico to leverage resources – staff time, technical expertise, legal authority, and funding – dedicated to addressing illegal dumping. The intent of the Partners is to increase effectiveness in addressing illegal dumping, to produce measurable results, and to encourage changes in attitude and behavior.

In 2008, a strategic collaboration known as “Partners for a Clean New Mexico” (PCNM) was formed to combat illegal dumping throughout the State of New Mexico. The founding members of this this collective partnership included the following stakeholders: Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, New Mexico Tourism Department, New Mexico Environment Department, New Mexico Department of Transportation, New Mexico Energy, Minerals & Natural Resources Department, New Mexico Department of Indian Affairs, New Mexico Clean & Beautiful, New Mexico State Land Office, Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council, Department of Finance & Administration, New Mexico Recycling Coalition, and New Mexico Association of Counties.
The Partners have agreed to work together to provide education on proper waste disposal and recycling methods, address illegal dump clean up and maintenance, and support increased prosecution and conviction of violators. Each organizations resources, strengths and authorities will be tapped to provide a new collaborative approach to an old problem. The Partners, with public input, developed a statewide strategic plan to address illegal dumping throughout New Mexico. The document was signed on July 28, 2008 at a formal ceremony at the New Mexico State Capitol.
The founding Partners look forward to other interested state, federal, tribal, private, not-for-profit entities joining the effort. The New Mexico Association of Counties serves as the fiscal agent for this initiative and will work closely with the New Mexico Recycling Coalition to receive funds for implementation of this plan.

The Frosty Cow Ice Cream shop will be kicking off the summer season on May 1. Ice cream cones, shakes, banana splits, smoothies and espresso.
See you at the Frosty! 

 

 

Preserve our Local History

Preserve our Local History by abiquiulibrary Preserve our Local History -Thanks to a grant from New Mexico State Archives, the library is in the process of digitizing some historic spiritual journals and family photos from Abiquiu Pueblo, to ensure the preservation of our history for future generations. If any Abiquenos have family photos,including wedding photos, family celebrations, fiestas, people working in their gardens or riding on horseback or any other images that show life in the village from an earlier period, we would like to help preserve your family's history. The donor would keep all the original photos; the library would simply make digital copies and add the images to our digital archive. You could help by identifying the people in the pictures or adding stories. Call the library to arrange an appointment with one of the team of volunteers working on creating this archival record of Abiquiu's history. Summer Youth Program -Pueblo de Abiquiu Library is already making plans for our summer reading / art/ gardening program for students on the theme of Dig into Reading. The schedule will be announced next month. Books Come and browse and check out books. We have a great selection of books- novels, mysteries, Southwest history, art, how to crafts, non-fiction. We are always adding and updating our books. The librarian often displays new selections at her entry desk. Volunteers Needed If you want to volunteer to help with our summer reading program or volunteer as a homework doctor or help organize our book shed or have good ideas for fundraisers, we welcome and need volunteers. Come join us : Thank you  . A great big Thank you for Ms. Victoria Morales for volunteering to help our Center on a weekly basis, and for her hard work in putting our books for sale on Amazon.com  It is very much appreciated. Also, thanks to Joshua Salazar for his hard work in cleaning our back yard. David Fant has been coming to our Library every Sunday to see if there is anyone to take advantage of his free tutoring services for Math.  Please keep him in mind each Sunday and make use of this very giving offer of his time to assist anyone in Math before the school year ends!

Upcoming events at the Abiquiu Inn!

Upcoming events at the Abiquiu Inn - Here's the link.

Abiquiu Hike - Sun April 28 - Moderate-plus Plaza Blanca Grand Tour. A 7.5 mile route in Plaza Blanca that gives a great sense of the area, with lots of views for all angles, both low and high. Approx. 900 feet of gain. Generally moderate, much off-trail, with one steep and very gravelly descent, for which all hikers should have poles or a walking stick. Aku (505) 577-2594.  Sierra Club Info Link.