One of the most popular subjects on Facebook’s Westport Front Porch page is “wrong deliveries.”
Nearly every day, someone posts a photo of a package outside a door, saying: “Amazon (or FedEx, UPS, etc.) says they delivered this package to me. But this is not my house. Did anyone get this by mistake?”
Just as regularly. similar posts note: “This was delivered today, but it’s not mine. If you know [name of intended recipient], please tell them I have their package.”
A different kind of mysterious delivery photo appeared yesterday. Here it is:
The text explained: “This bench mysteriously appeared on our lawn some time last night, cemented into the ground. I’m thinking maybe it was accidentally installed at the wrong house. Anyone recognize?”
Here’s a close-up of the inscription:
No one said they were missing a bench (and cement).
But many folks wished they got that delivery too. (Hat tip: Frank Rosen)
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Westport Country Playhouse knows the importance of introducing young people to the theater.
This fall, they introduce a new children’s education program.
Playhouse Playmakers is a 6-week program for middle schoolers. They will create an original play — including writing, acting, rehearsing and production — culminating in a performance on the Playhouse stage for family and friends.
Playhouse Playmakers runs on Sundays from October 13 to November 17 (1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The performance is November 24. Class size is about 15 students.
Program directors Evette Marie White and Stacie Morgain Lewis promise creativity and fun.
The fee of $575 includes technical rehearsal, materials, and 4 tickets to the performance. Five scholarships are available, covering the full cost of classes and transportation reimbursement.
For more details and to apply, click here. For questions about the program or scholarships, email educationteam@westportplayhouse.org.
Stacie Morgain Lewis (left) and Evette Marie White.
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The Westport Business Networking International chapter’s next Visitor’s Day is September 19 (United Methodist Church, 7 a.m.; networking, business meeting, coffee and homemade baked goods).
Westport BNI has 55 members, with only 1 per category. Classifications available now include estate attorney, residential contractor, interior designer, HVAC contractor, salon, restaurant, hotel, home security, personal trainer, photographer, caterer or bakery, commercial real estate, florist, event/wedding planner, travel/tour operator, automotive repair, physical therapy, promotional products and more.
In the past year, the group has passed over $3.3 million in closed business.
All visitors must pre-register. Contact debra.lomma@therealreal.com, cmagistrale@hearstmediact.com, or stc@warefressola.com. Click here for the BNI website.
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This summer marked the 50th anniversary of the blockbuster “Jaws” film.
It’s taken half a century, but the famed shark — or at least a boating facsimile — finally arrived on the Saugatuck River.
(Photo/Susan Garment)
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Westport resident Lina Elwood, a freshman at Hopkins School, recently participated in a 2-week music festival in Warsaw, Poland.
She performed at 6 concerts, as a top prize winner of the Chopin Avenue International Piano Competition.
The most memorable was with the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra at their concert hall, where she played Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor.
The pianist also received the Best Performance of a Chopin Work Award from the president of The Fryderyk Chopin Society of Warsaw.
Lina has won prizes at local and international competitions, and performed at Carnegie Hall, Vilar Performing Arts Center in Colorado, and Conservatoria de Musica in Spain.
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Doris Ghitelman says — while sending along today’s “Westport … Naturally” image — “so lovely to still have Monarchs in Westport!”
(Photo/Doris Ghitelman)
Did I miss something? Are they gone, or going? And we are talking about butterflies — not kings — right?
Please clue me (and, maybe) a few other readers in.
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And finally … in honor of “Jaws,” and the Saugatuck River:
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Lina, as I watched the video, I was completely in awe of your great talent. You have earned amazing awards and accolades for someone at 14 or ANY age!! I wish you continued success in the future.
Monarch butterlies are a bellwether of adequate native habitats. These habitats are increasingly endangered, most especially in Westport.
The Westport Community Garden and surrounding Long Lots Preserve area is a Pollinator Pathway with many host plants for Monarch butterflies. This time of year, as they prepare for their long migration to Mexico, Monarchs can be seen in multitudes dancing on the milkweed there…. for the last time. This sanctuary will be razed soon and will no longer be a host to this and many many other of God’s creatures.
Really? Karl Morningstar? Taking bets on your real identity.
I think that’s a Painted Lady, but they need some of the same habitat requirements as Monarchs, so helping one helps both. In addition to the many pollinator pathway programs in our area, check out Doug Tallamy’s Homegrown National Park organization that encourages everyone to plant at least some native plants, even if it’s just in pots.
https://homegrownnationalpark.org
Yes I also believe it is a Painted Lady, which also migrates as far as Mexico. Its host plants are thistles, mallow, hollyhock, aster, and various legumes.
I will leave it to the experts to ID the butterfly, bt it is not a monarch. Monarchs are still around but much diminished in numbers.
Yes I also believe it is a Painted Lady, who also migrates as far as Mexico. Their host plants are thistles, mallow, hollyhock, aster, and various legumes, according to insect websites.
Thanks, Toni, for listing some of the Painted Lady host plants—I’m going to add some of those to my native plantings. These butterflies also make an incredible 9,000 mile migration from tropical Africa to the Arctic Circle. And, Jalna,, you’re absolutely right that the Monarchs have diminished in number—90% in the past 20 years, due to pesticides, climate change and, most significantly, to habitat destruction. Sadly, the loss of the Community Garden is yet another example of that. I hope the gardeners will be able to include some milkweed in their new location.