wellborn my hometown

George Scott's avocation is reeactments. Details on the next one are blogged below. The public is welcome as observers.
What an easy way to absorb some of our country's history.

From: George Scott
To: scottgv@windstream.net
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 3:20 PM
Subject: Hogtown

December 7, 8, 9, 2007. First Annual Battle of Hogtown, at Poe Springs, (a.k.a. Battle of Gainesville, aprox. three miles west of High Springs). The event will take place on 202 acres of scenic rolling fields and wetlands situated along the banks of the Santa Fe River. All camping will be permitted: RV, modern tent, authentic military camping and civilian. No alcoholic beverages, no pets. Water, modern bathrooms with showers, hay, live music, Ladies Tea, various performers, and 1860's Ball. Battle held on both days, first day will be determined by amount of reenactors, second day will be reenactment of Battle of Gainesville. Friday night if possible. Wild pig roast - event host will supply the meat you bring the veggies. Directions: I-75 High Springs/Alachua Northwest 441, go to High Springs, turn left onto County Road 236 South, to County Road 340 West (watch for sign Blue, Poe and Ginnie Springs) turn right, about 2 1/2 miles on the right. This is Alachua County Park, run by the local YMCA. For additional information contact Cpl. John McLean at mcleanjgator@yahoo.com or Randy Atkins at hszoom01@aol.com or www.geocities.com/cok28thgainf

November 26, 2007

Here is a glimpse of Kathie and Wendell Snowden's Thanksgiving afterglowing and Christmas anticipation.

From Kathie:

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Ours was wonderful - spent here with our daughter, son-in-law and four grandchildren and also our son-in-law's parents were up here which was very nice. We missed our two sons who couldn't come this year, but we're going up to NC to see one of them and three other grandchildren right before Christmas. Our other son is busy working overtime in South Florida - he's afraid the job he's on won't last much longer so wants to get all in he can. Both of our sons are elevator mechanics. The younger one always fries us a turkey (besides the one we bake). We missed that, but told him that whenever he comes - even if it's in the spring or summer - he will have to fry us a turkey!!

We decorated our house already and are looking forward to decorating the community center on Monday. So many nice events right here in town to look forward to - - - -

Sure we'll see you soon - probably at the Breakfast -

Thanks for everything ------------------ Wendell & Kathie


Wendell Snowden
3302 - 104th Street
Wellborn, FL 32094
Phone 386-963-1157
Cell 386-590-0002

Bobbi Fenderson's friendship is part of our BE THANKFULS .
She shares her zest for living and her new adventure of driving her elegant black Friesian horses as a team at her Imperial Oaks Ranch.
She e-mails some details to match these lovely pictures.

"It's Marja on the left side and one of my Star Broodmares, Vraukje Sietske on the right.
The person riding with is my ranch manager, Aileen, she is what you would call the navigator and also the "header" when we stop. That means that she goes to the horses heads to help them stay calm and stand quietly.
Marja had never driven double before and has been the steady one of the pair! Vraukje Sietske tends to be a bit more spirited and needs a calming force!
Please do call and set up some time for me to take you out to experience it all for yourself! I would love to do this my friends!!!
The trails are the woods behind us and across the street at Dwight Stansel's..

November 21, 2007
A Donna Jolley posting

Hello Everyone and Happy Thanksgiving!

If anything calls for pictures it is certainly the holidays. Family and friends gathered together for food and fun! This is a great time to take photos not only of your family, but of getting the dinner together also. Who is cooking that turkey? Get a picture of them checking on it. Who is mashing the potatoes? Get a picture of them! And who is making the pies!! Who is bringing what dish? Next year when you can't remember who brought what you have proof in your photos!

This is also a time to think about your family recipes. Take a photo of Mom with her favorite dish and then put the recipe in you scrapbook next to her photo of her with the dish! What a great way to record all those wonderful family recipes!

Line the kids up and take a photo of just the children. Then every year they can see how much they have all grown!

It is also a great time to take photos of each family together. Then get out your tripod and mount your camera and get everyone in the picture!!

Photos like these come in handy when you make a special scrapbook for that Golden Wedding Anniversary. You already have family pictures! Or maybe for a special retirement album. Or a special birthday.

What ever comes up in the year ahead, you are ahead of the game because you already have your family photos!!

Don't forget to take a picture of the weather outside so you can remember if the day was warm and sunny, or cold and rainy!!

And don't forget to print out your photos and put them in a family album. More about albums next week!!

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!! Donna Jolley

November 17, 2007
The Saturday of THE FIRST EVER ART WALK IN WELLBORN was also the day of the 12th Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner.
Publicity was excellent and it worked. Both events gave pleasure and were free. It was a good combo. We all walked around in the swell crispy fall weather. We were thankful . We appreciated each others talents revealed in the art work displays and then again at the community dinner with food & friendliness. Many stayed for lunch in our hometown perhaps pondering which favorite pieces of art needed to go home with them.

Cathy Willson, owner of the WHISTLE STOP DELI & CAFE at the blinker light in my hometown, is the idea person behind this happy Saturday in Wellborn. Her committee met at the store for final details Thursday evening.
The best salesman/artist was Kathy Romano with Stained Glass & Mosaic art. She explained that for 2 hours and $45 one can come to her studio in Live Oak to make a Christmas gift for a loved one.

This is a picture of the the WCA committee members who served up one more excellent Wellborn Community Association Turkey Dinner with fixins, and supplemented by donated desserts from grateful hometowners.
Bonnie Scott, Pat Bezaire, Cathy Snowden Carol Hoenich, Linda Dye and Kelsey McBairey. Hiding behind them wearing an apron at the stove was Jim Bezaire.
Jack Gaylord was the official meeter and greeter. That is a tradition we love & appreciate.

A Donna Jolley Posting


Hello everyone,

I hope you are enjoying this wonderful fall weather that you have here in Florida this time of year.
In Ohio we would be wearing our winter coats already and the furnace would be on for the winter!!

I want to share with you the difference between an okay photograph and a better photograph!

For my example I am using something you all might take for granted. Your famous 'Oak' trees!!

They are beautiful and grow in the most unusual ways!!

I found this bit of information on the web:



Live oak is the southern symbol of strength. It is the state tree of Georgia. Lining the historic streets of small towns, the reclining branches create a canopy of speckled light.

Live oak is a large spreading tree of the lower Coastal Plain from southeastern Virginia to southern Florida and to southern Texas. It normally grows in low sandy soils near the Coast but also occurs in moist rich woods and along stream banks.


On the Gulf Coast, live oaks often support many types of epiphytic plants, including Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) which hangs in weeping garlands, giving the trees a striking appearance. Live oak is a fast-growing tree. Sweet edible acorns are usually produced in great abundance and are of value to many birds and mammals including wild turkeys, wood ducks, jays, quail, whitetail deer, raccoons, and squirrels.

The yellowish-brown wood is hard, heavy, tough, strong, and is used for structural beams, shipbuilding, posts, and in places requiring strength and durability. The trees have been historically planted in cities. When planting live oak, it should be restricted to large yards or parks where the spreading form can be accommodated.

Live oak ranks as one of the heaviest native hardwoods, weighing 55 pounds per cubic foot when air dry. This weight or density makes live oak a good fuel wood although it can be very difficult to split.

The national champion live oak was discovered in 1976 near Louisburg, Louisiana. It had a diameter of 11.65', height of 55', and crown spread of 132'. The Florida champion live oak, as given in the 1984 revised list, was found in Alachua County and measured 108' in diameter, 83' in height, and had a spread 150.5'.

So you all need to enjoy these wonderful trees and take pictures of them and incorporate them into your photo albums!!

These photos can be enlarged to full screen size by with a click of the mouse

The first photo shows too much foreground. We don't want to see the ground we want to focus on the tree, or whatever your subject is. (006)



The next picture does not show all the majesty and strength the tree has because it cuts off the spread of the limbs. (005)



The last and The Best photo shows the strength and beauty of this powerful tree as it captures the immense size of the tree. I also like the way the sun is shinning through the leaves & branches.

This picture (below) could look very different if taken in the same spot late in the afternoon.
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Now get your camera out and take some photos of your favorite tree!

Until next week, Donna

www.tributequartet.com is a website to learn more about this Southern Gospel Quartet.

THESE GUYS ARE COMING TO OUR HOMETOWN FRIDAY, November 9 @ 6:30 P.M.in the Welborn Methodist Church sanctuary. Foreshadowing promises everyone attending will be blessed .

NOVEMBER 3, 2007


George Scott and Jim Bezaire were volunteer kitchen chefs & Bonnie Scott was hostess/waitress at the Wellborn Community Association for First Saturday Blueberry Pancakes in November.



Scene stealers were the three tables of folks who rendezvoused here. They are a group of friendly people who met in their travels. "We met on the road" they explained. John Palmer's place for Halloween weekend is becoming a tradition. The fun includes blueberry pancakes in Wellborn (4 years in a row now) and they all plan to do it again next year. Two are from North Carolina, 2 from New York upstate, 2 from Michigan, 2 from west N.Y. state a Wellborn size town, Wacopfsville. 2 for Timber Pines, South Florida, and 2 from West Palm, Green Acres ,and 2 from Texas, ( the ones with the white stetsons).
Your blogger's heart warmed to observe them holding hands in thanksgiving asking God's blessing on their travels and their breakfast.




Michelle Huntsman's birthday is November 3 so daughter Lexie and her friend Samantha Downing ate blueberry pancakes with mom before Lexie was due in Live Oak as part of Interact Club activity of judging the scarecrow contest there. Mom Michelle found some good things while backyard SWAP/FLEA MARKET SALE shopping that was sponsored by the WCA for hometown pleasure.