5 July 2020

Ranches Ladies Newsletter

The summer holiday period is approaching but unlike other years most UAE residents will be staying put in the region . Ranches Ladies has a number of online circles still meeting and members will be continuing to paint, sew, make mosaics and enjoy all their crafts.

Although Dubai is gradually returning to normal Ranches Ladies cannot resume its activities, meetings and circles until we have received government approval from the CDA. As a result we cannot resume our Tuesday coffee mornings or organise the usual circles. Many Ranches Ladies will be meeting friends informally but please understand RL cannot organise any meetings yet. Please bear with us and continue with your online activities.

We will let you know as soon as Ranches Ladies can meet face to face again

Please continue to email circles.ranches.ladies@gmail.com with all your pictures, suggestions and activities.

Once a year, with the approval of the CDA, RL has sent a donation to Al Ihsan. As RL has not yet been authorised to resume our activities we cannot apply to the CDA to make a donation until later in the year.

Tuesday Morning Social

7 July at 10am

RL is holding our Zoom coffee morning every 2 weeks and the next will be on 07 July 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 7 July

We look forward to seeing you

RL Circles News

You can view the Circles Calendar on the website: This Month’s Circles Calendar on the website http://www.arabianranchesladies.com and our home page for updates. We are keeping a watchful eye on events and will let you know if circles can resume in September/October.

Literary Lunch

The next Literary Lunch book is Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce. A zoom link will be sent later in the month

Thank you very much to those of you who joined the Zoom on Monday, we had a good discussion about the fascinating ‘Lady in Waiting’ and caught up on a lot of other things too

Quilting

Sara’s 4th July table runner and mats

Online Circles

We now have a few regular weekly circles which are held on online and will continue for the next few weeks. On Mondays and Thursdays at 2pm Mariana is live streaming her Yoga classes and on Wednesdays at 2-3pm Optimal Fitness is holding Pilates sessions. The French Circle meets every Sunday at 10am on Zoom