Berne Library Notes for Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Director’s note: Submit your 8-by-10-inch photos for the Friends’ Seventh Juried Photography Contest by the Jan. 31 deadline. The entry fee for adults is $5 per photo. Entries from photographers age 17 and under are free. Call the library for more information at 518-872-1246 or go to bernepubliclibrary.org.
Garden dreaming
Just think, another day closer to spring. This is the time of year Broccoli Spear of the Seed Library suggests you start thinking about your upcoming garden.
Do your daydreams include planting herbs, vegetables, flowers? The Seed Library has a wide variety of all these things.
Do you want to try starting your own seed pots or buy plant packs already in progress from local nurseries? Are you gonna shake things up and try new gardening methods or stick to the same order of things? Container gardening, straw bale gardening or hydroponic are all interesting options.
Order a few gardening books for ideas toward planning your power garden this year. Dare to be inspired with books like “The Cook’s Herb Garden” by Jeff Cox, “Shade Gardens'” by Patricia Taylor, or “Composting” by Rebecca Pettiford. There’s nothing like a picture-packed gardening book to get you thinking of fresh greenery maturing into tasty treats or flowery displays in your yard.
Peruse the Seed Library’s inventory at https://bernelibraryfriends.org/seed-library and start putting your seed dream list together.
Art on the move
Just a few short days left to enjoy Thom Breitenbach’s display in the community room. His show flies onward Feb. 1. Catch sight of Thom’s 12 framed poster-art pieces in living color. Moving in for February will be your Friends Photography contest entries.
Library Day
Mark your calendar for the first Saturday in February from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the library’s annual celebration of Take Your Child to the Library Day. That’s Saturday, Feb. 5. Bring your kids to explore stories on the hour, crafts and freebies to bring home with you.
Widdershins tickles
Now, let’s check in with those characters from the Word of the Month Club for February’s focus word.
Roxanne and Cindy Leigh were chuckling as they read different words to the group. They kept returning to one that felt like a tickle every time it rolled out of their mouth.
“OK,” said Charlotte, “somebody use it in a sentence.”
Eric came up with “Benjamin ran three widdershins loops round the cedar tree before collapsing into hysterics.”
Widdershins: the wrong way, anti-clockwise, counterclockwise, going lefthandwise.
So, widdershins took first place for February.
The group members collectively decided that embracing widdershins pathways, or opposite what you think the “right” way is, may lead to unexpected discoveries. Say widdershins three times. It tickles, doesn’t it?