2016 Raymondale Annual Egg Hunt

A lovely sunny day greeted the egg hunters, parents, guests, and teen helpers as the annual Raymondale egg hunt got underway in several front yards along Add Drive. The founders of the Raymondale egg hunt, Wanda and Christy Nolan, were on hand for the festivities too!

There were lots of wee ones ready to gather the colorful eggs...

With the help of the older teens who hid the eggs in easy and not so easy hiding places, the little ones were off to search and gather!

Many THANKS to teen volunteers Mira, Tate, Grace, Lawrence, Martha and Nico for their prep work, to all four host families, and to the Wroblewskis for organizing. And to Dona Seracino for providing pastries and Mary Cogbill who supplied coffee.

A wonderful day to welcome spring ro Raymondale!

Good Neighbors Tackle Luria Park Trash

A couple of weeks ago the Byrd family (of Brad Street) headed an impromptu clean up of Luria Park. After recent heavy rains and snow melt, piles of debris and trash collected in thick piles along the new boardwalk near the streams. Using the Raymondale on-line announce group, Josh Byrd invited anyone who had free time to join them. Broyhill Park even joined in the effort!

Like so many of us, the Byrd family understands how important Luria Park is to our neighborhood, and by example they proved that we are all custodians of our environment. We thank the Byrd family and the other wonderful volunteers who came out. And if you are in Luria Park and find some trash, pick it up and place it in one of the convenient receptacles in the park. Happy Spring!

Blizzard of 2016: The Big Dig

I walked around my end of Raymondale on Monday afternoon to see the neighborhood after the big blizzard. Here are photos of the over 2 feet of snow that blanketed Raymondale. Enjoy!

Add Drive looking west. The plows went through on Saturday during the storm but certainly need to come back!

Ellis Court completely blocked with piles of plow snow. I was told that they are to be dug out some time on Monday.

Evidence of a very nice snowblower used on a Brad Street sidewalk. Look at how deep that snow is!

Car completely buried on Add Drive. There were several of these along my walk.

Snow dogs, Austin and Amber!

Neighbors heading in and out of Luria Park which is now a winter wonderland.

Scenes from Luria Park including a snowman hanging out by the creek!

And finally, one of our younger neighbors shows just how deep this snow really is!

Highlights from Luria Park Day

Raymondale annually sponsors a booth at Luria Park Day, which is sponsored by neighboring Holmes Run Acres in the park shared by both neighborhoods. Lots of folks stopped by our booth to study the photos of local birds taken by intrepid birders Dan & Beth Fedorko, or to choose a book donated by Raymondale's Little Free Library on St. James Place. Kids made haunted trees from paper bags, and fairy wings decorated with leaves and flower petals. Ginger the dog drew lots of adoring fans when she gamely loped around wearing a pair of her own fairy wings. Many thanks to the Wroblewski and Molinaro teens for donating community service hours to staff the booth!

Here are photos from this fun day!...

 

Raymondale 2015 Block Party

About 70 people attended the neighborhood block party on Ellis Court on Saturday night, a great turnout -- especially considering it had to be postponed twice. There were many new faces in the crowd mixing it up with longtime residents, and everyone shared great eats and chatted up a storm. There were a lot of kids of all ages this year, turning the Court into a lively playground with lots of impromptu games and glow-in-the-dark crafts. And beautiful weather for a picnic! A nice way to wind down the summer. Thanks to all who brought food and hung out to help set up and/or clean up afterward. Thanks, too, to Ellis Court residents for loaning their front yards :)

Highlights from National Night Out 2015

On Tuesday, August 4th, neighbors from Raymondale and Broyhill Park gathered at Woodly Pool to celebrate National Night Out. Local members of the police, sheriff, and fire and rescue departments mingled with residents giving good advice on protecting home and property as well as bringing fun goodies for the kids! We are all partners in keeping our respective neighborhoods friendly and crime-free. Residents of Raymondale and Broyhill park enjoyed the calm between summer storms for this great event. In addition to catching up, neighbors met police, fire and sheriff personnel, swam, ate hot dogs, toured a police car, fire engine and ambulance and kids made glow-in-the-dark crafts

The children and adults  loved touring the fire truck.

Local law enforcement enjoyed chatting with neighbors.

Many of the officers have been covering our area for years and have been to our event before and are very knowledgeable about our part of the county. Fire and Rescue is located off of Graham Road, Jefferson Station number 18.

Longtime residents enjoyed catching up.

Hot dogs and other good eats were enjoyed by everyone!

Thanks to everyone who came out for National Night Out especially our law enforcement and fire/rescue folks who we treasure as a very important part of our community!