And We Ate So Much!
Kendal’s chefs, cooks, and serving staff outdid themselves in preparing our annual Thanksgiving feast. And we are thankful! A brief glimpse into the day:
Chef Steve on the job!
And Kevin helps serve it up!
Photos by Sally Costa
Kendal Artists on Cutting Edge of Sleepy Hollow’s Holiday Decorating
Sleepy Hollow resident Kersten Harries is passionate about temporary art installations, especially ones made collaboratively with community members. Ever since coordinating the Wishing Wall Riverwalk Community Mural, she’s been dreaming of other community projects, specifically for downtown Sleepy Hollow. A while back, she inherited a lot of large white weatherproof envelopes and saved them, waiting for a purposeful reuse. And she found it.
And came to the Sleepy Hollow community to make it real. What is it? “Together, we can make our downtown more festive for the Winter Stroll and season.”
How? Well, what could be more beautiful than the village decorated in snowflakes—those village residents create. Kersten had it all planned out: snowflakes cut out of white weatherproof paper, each one approximately 1 sq. ft. in size, with community members of all ages learning how to fold and cut six-sided snowflakes. Creation time: November 1 - December 7, 2024. She would collect all of them, assemble them together, and, with permission, hang them in storefronts and on fences along the commercial streets of downtown Sleepy Hollow by December 14, 2024. The win-win: holiday spirit, both visual and social, with increased community engagement.
For Example: A rendering of what could be possible with oodles of snowflakes.
From whence would those snowflakes arise? Sponsors would run free community workshops and events for folks of all ages to have fun making snowflakes that would become part of the temporary public art installation.
Who arose among the sponsors? Why, we did, of course. On December 2—in two shifts—crafty Kendal residents gathered to make snowflakes. The result: over 60 unique and elegant flakes. They will join hundreds of other snowflakes for community groups to decorate Beekman Avenue in downtown Sleepy Hollow for the holiday season.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow . . .
Preparation Time: A Lesson in the Crafting of Snowflakes
And the Snowflakes Start Flying!
Photos by Jane Hart