It's finally been cold enough for the Peat Hole to freeze over! We'd like to thank Tim Edwards for sending us his photo of a recent hockey game there.
Over the Holidays, Pamela Lerner, Home & Design, held a contest for
a $100 Gift Certificate for its customers. The contest ran from
December 1st to December 26th and all you had to do was come into
Pamela’s shop, on Main Street in Bellport Village, and buy
something. Each time you did, your name was entered in the contest
and the random drawing for the $100 Gift Certificate was held on
December 27th.
The winner of the drawing was Bellport
Village Trustee, Maureen Veitch. Maureen has been a customer of
Pamela’s for 18 years, ever since Pamela opened her shop. Maureen
said she tries to do all of her Holiday shopping in the Village and
in particular, at Pamela Lerner Home & Design because it has such a
wonderful assortment of great gifts to choose from. Maureen said she
plans on donating the $100 Gift Certificate to the Village’s
Seniors’ Program.
Congratulations Maureen!
We received the following from Julia Villacara...
“Hello
Erin and Larry,
Thought I’d share the following story with
you and the beautiful inspiration your work at Bellport.com has
produced.
Thank you for all that you do.
Julia”
Bellport native and prolific artist Maria Castellano-Usery on
the creative process behind her 8x10 acrylic on canvas painting
titled “Swan:"
“I was having a conversation with a friend
here in Maine about the symbolic properties of swans:
transformation, awakenings, beauty, grace, elegance, and strength. I
thought, ‘What better way for me to begin cultivating those traits
than to do a painting of a swan?‘ I reached out to childhood friend
Julia Villacara because not only is she a dear friend, but I love
her photographs. I know she has many gorgeous shots of the natural
world in Brookhaven and Bellport. I don’t see too many swans here in
Maine, but I have fond memories of the many beautiful swans right on
South Country Road. I knew it needed to be a single swan, and I
wanted the photo to be appealing and to have a certain amount of
detail so I could capture it.
Julia did not have a single
swan but a few weeks later showed me Susanne Bellocchio’s photo of
the week on Bellport.com. I knew it was the right one. It’s a
beautiful photo and the clarity is fantastic. Julia reached out to
Sue, her long-time family friend, for permission for me to use her
photograph as a jumping-off point, and Sue was gracious enough to
give me her blessing. I’m very grateful to Sue and Bellport.com for
publishing this gorgeous photo that translated so well to my
canvas.”
From Bellport.com to easel: For more original works by Maria and to
stay up to date with her monthly charity paint-a-thon events, please
follow her on Instagram
@brushstrokesbymaria and visit her website
www.brushstrokesbymaria.com
Downtown Bellport Village sure did look festive this holiday season!
We'd like to thank Paul Warner for sending us his
photos of the shops dressed up this year.
