We hope you can join us for Rosewood’s annual community cleanup!
Date: Saturday, April 26
Time: 10:30am-12:30pm
Location: Meet in front of Alexmuir Junior Public School, 95 Alexmuir Blvd.
Additional Notes:Bags and gloves will be supplied, but bring your own if you have extra.Students who need volunteer hours, please let us know you need us to sign for them when you arrive.Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.The cleanup runs rain or shine, but so far it looks like only a slight chance of rain on Saturday!
All former staff, students, and their parents are invited to attend Alexmuir Junior Public School’s 50th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, May 24th, 2025.
This is a drop-in event from 10 AM – 2 PM with speeches and singing scheduled from 11 -11:30am. The rest of the time is for you to connect with old classmates and colleagues and to wander and look at photographs and trivia set up by decade in our Decade Rooms, as well as enjoy the Themed PhotosAcross the Years highlighting events such as going to Kearney, the Terry Fox walk, Concerts and Sports Teams.
We look forward to seeing you there! Note that this is NOT the long weekend!
After a brief break we resumed in January. Our novel of choice was Proof, written by Beverley McLachlin (lawyer and judge). Our story takes us to Shaughnessy, British Columbia where we meet Jilly Truit, lawyer. She has a law firm, beautiful daughter and home. But everything is not idyllic.
Jilly had a rough start in life. Edith, her social worker since a child has been always there for her. Her life was finally coming together until her partner was shot and killed. A year later she was still trying to put the pieces together.
A case comes up that forces Jilly into action. A child has disappeared and the mother has been charged with her disappearance and murder.
Can Jilly unravel the mystery of the disappearance? Can she help the mother? Can she finally put her life together? Time for you to read the book and get the answers to these and many more questions.
Our next read for February will be Trevor Noah: Born a Crime.
Last week a couple of our gardeners had the honour of sharing what they learned about seed sowing to a group of primary students at the local school.
We arrived early to fill containers with soil and distribute them to different tables. Working in pairs mostly, each group planted a different native, pollinator-friendly plant.
They have been learning about pollinator gardens for a while now, so they were very excited to sow some seeds today. Back in December, the students had collected enough single-use yogurt containers, pop bottles and clear clamshell packaging for today’s activity. We also brought extra seeds for them to attach to a worksheet we had prepared.
Some pictures of the containers after the sowing activity, and how they’ve been placed outside for the winter
We introduced the importance of growing pollinator friendly gardens with a story, which P.L. read to the class.
A lovely work of art by our talented photographer, gardener and now resident artist, Priscilla Lee.
A couple of our gardeners attended a talk and workshop today where we learned a great deal about winter sowing of native plants. We also came away with some free seeds to try in our pollinator gardens!
It was a lovely evening. The Scarborough Philharmonic Ochestra and the Bach Children’s Choir gave an outstanding performance of classical music, and beautiful renditions of classic Christmas carols. Scarborough has so much talent to offer, and it was a pleasure to support these talented artists today.
The orchestra was wonderful and the children’s choir sang like angels. Thankfully the conductor gave us a brief background about each piece they performed which made us appreciate it even more. Would do it again!
We gathered in November to talk about “How to Age Dis-Gracefully” written by Clare Pooley. The novel was a positive read to aging. Appreciating the characters’ resiliency to difficult circumstances and how the group came together to save the community centre. They did not let their age refrain them from a sense of adventure or facing situations head on, be it politicians or the police. We realize, no matter our age you are able to learn new things and still have a few tricks up your sleeve.
What difficult circumstances? What tricks up their sleeve? Time for you to read the book for yourself or listen to the audio version.
Our next read in January will be Proof written by Beverley McLachlin.
Don’t know what to prepare for dinner today? Let our Rosewood community help you out with recipes they enjoy preparing at home. Click on image to access instructions. All images belong to the original linked website creator and not Rosewood. Enjoy!
Butternut Squash Curry with Chickpeas submitted by AshifaSpicy Salmon Sushi Bake submitted by ZhenTandoori Chicken submitted by AshifaVegetable Pilau – great dish to go with chicken submitted by AshifaButternut Squash Soup You may also add a granny smith apple for a sour and sweet flavour. submitted by ZhenRaspberry Marzipan Torte submitted by Judy full recipe below:
Judy’s Raspberry Marzipan Torte
1-1/3 cup flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/3 cup sugar 1/2 cup unsalted butter 1 egg, beaten 1/2 cup raspberry jam
Blend dry ingredients in large bowl & cut in butter with egg(or pulse in food processor). Mix well and press into a 9 inch greased springform pan. raise the crust on the side of the pan. Spread 1/4 cup jam over dough and refrigerate with plastic wrap until filling is prepared.
FILLING: 1/2 cup softened unsalted butter 2/3 cup sugar 2 eggs 1/2 tsp almond extract 1 cup blanched ground almonds
Cream butter and sugar. Add almonds and continue to beat. Add eggs one at a time and beat well together. Mix in almond extract. Pour mixture over dough and jam. Bake at 350 for 50 min. Check after 30 minutes of baking, if top is too brown reduce temperature to 325 degrees for the last 20 minutes. Cool in pan until lukewarm; remove sides and let cool completely. Spread remaining jam over top. You may top with toasted sliced almonds .
There’s nothing so rewarding about a pollinator garden as when we get to catch a glimpse of local bees and butterflies actually feeding from the flowers we’ve planted, watered and nurtured for the entire season.
As the growing season ends, our volunteer gardeners have been doing some mulching and weeding, but also collecting seeds for next spring. Here we are collecting seeds from some Joe Pye Weed, Stiff and Zig Zag Goldenrod, and some Bottle Brush Grass.
The Black-Eyed Susans are still flowering, lending a little bright yellow glow to this late autumn, Hunter’s Moon season.
Scarborough Rosewood Community Association 