Ranches Ladies Newsletter

Eid Mubarak blessed by the grace of Allah

Still Going Strong

Ranches Ladies was front page news back in 2010. It is wonderful that Carole has kept our organisation flourishing for over 14 years and that we are still here as strong as ever in 2020. A few faces may have changed but Carole is still an active member offering her support and advice to the Committee and our president, Hayet, and running her ever popular Scottish Dancing and Poetry Circles.

What a marvellous thing to see, thanks to Clementina for spotting it

Keep in Touch

Please continue to email circles.ranches.ladies@gmail.com with all your pictures, suggestions and activities during lockdown. We love to see what everyone is getting up as the lockdowns are easing.  We are watching carefully all the news about the easing of restrictions and will let you know when we start to discuss the next steps

Let us know where you are at the moment and send some lovely photos so we can see what is happening around the globe

Tuesday Morning Social

9 June at 10am

RL will hold our Zoom coffee mornings every 2 weeks from 9 June at 10am.  We would love you to join us to catch up with your news.  You will need to download the app, if you don’t already have it, and email Jackie on circles.ranches.ladies@gmail.com to let her know you would like to join our Zoom coffee morning

Jackie will then send you an email invitation which you can use to join the Zoom meeting.  Just click on the link in the email you receive at 10am on Tuesday 9 June

We look forward to seeing you

RL Circles News

We now have a few regular weekly circles which are held on online. On Mondays and Thursdays at 8.30am Mariana is live streaming her Yoga classes and on Wednesdays at 2-3pm Optimal Fitness is holding Pilates sessions.  Online Zumba is every Thursday at 9.30am with Sarah

Please email Jackie on circles.ranches.ladies@gmail.com for any more information and to sign up

French Circle

The intermediate French circle has been meeting every Sunday on Zoom at 10am.  Dominique will lead the class today

 Literary Lunch

The next Literary Lunch will be Monday 22nd June and Karen will send out a Zoom link nearer the time.  Next month’s book moves us away from fiction and is a true life story Lady in Waiting by Anne Glenconner

Book Circle 

This is the June choice of the Book circle. The date for the Zoom meeting will be 21 June

Mosaics

Karen has finally completed her mosaic table top.  It is a marvellous art deco design and she has been using all the skills she has learnt in her mosaic circle classes

Rajul, the silk painting class leader, has been getting creative with her daughter. They have done some intricate zentangle designs and Rajul painted this lovely watercolour

Carole has painted this wonderful watercolour of Neil Gow, an eighteenth century Scottish fiddle player

The Gardening Circle

Pest Control Tips from the Gardening Circle

If you have a problem with leaf rust on your plants – especially ficus and frangipani, Susan has had great success treating hers with NeemGuard which is available from Amazon and also the Dubai Garden Centre. Be sure to follow the instructions on the bottle.

Look out for mealy bugs attacking your hibiscus and frangipani plants at this time of year especially on the new leaves and flower buds. These can be sprayed with a mixture of 2 tsp of washing up liquid in 4 lts of water in the late afternoon

Email: circles.ranches.ladies@gmail.com      Website: www.arabianranchesladies.com

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