Author: longwoodlakecabinowners

LLCOA Picnic – 2021

I have loved photography since I was a child. I enjoy taking pictures of faces and bodies and people just people being themselves. However, unless it’s a modeling photoshoot, which I rarely do anymore, I dislike posed pictures, like the stereotypical ones you could find in a wedding album. They look stiff, uncomfortable and fake… kind of forced and dead.

I’d rather be like a fly in the wall, documenting everything, preferably without being noticed, (big lenses are great for this).

At Longwood Lake, I hit the jackpot. It doesn’t matter if they are rich or poor, city slickers or country people, conservative or liberals, social butterflies or curmudgeons, everyone here is a character in their own right and each one of them has a fascinating story to tell, if you care to listen closely. Another thing I noticed is that, once you get to know everyone, you can’t stop smiling and laughing–with the possible exception of the board meetings and the firework culprits, but those are stories for another day. Proof of this was the bingo, the trivia night, the docktail hour and most recently, the annual picnic.

Sometimes you just want to go where everybody knows your name. That’s Longwood Lake. Enjoy the pictures and… Cheers!

– Paco Correa

Bingo Night, June 12, 2021

34 LLCOA members gathered for Bingo night at Freddie’s Field. Playing 6 rounds of Bingo mixed with trivia in between, a fun time was has by all.

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Prizes for Bingo winners included Rafts, jumbo Yatzee, a remote control boat, lake decor and cabin related books courtesy of LLCOA. Trivia winners were treated to jumbo licorice bags in many flavors provided by Wiley Wallaby Licorice.

  • Photos by Paco Correa

THE CONENSUS WAS LETS DO IT AGAIN! – Lisa Correa

Our Furry Neighbors

“Leave my Mom alone. She’s just been tranquilized!”

For several years Wildlife Services Technicians from the NJ Fish and Wildlife Division of the NJDEP have visited us in March to monitor a collared female bear who lives on the northwest side of Berkshire Valley Road. In 2017 the Technicians found the bear and four cubs.
In 2018 she was still raising her one-year-olds. She and her youngsters ran away from the Technicians. When the Technicians came back in 2019 this is what they found — five new cubs.

When the NJ Fish and Wildlife technicians returned in February 2020 they could hear her signal but couldn’t get close enough to look at her. She had yearlings and was very mobile!

In 2021 our collared bear had cubs again and made her den up the hill. This year was a little different, she made her den on the property to the right of the power lines as you go up hill. The Wildlife Services Technicians switched out Mom’s collar and tagged two healthy cubs, a boy and a girl. The bear family is doing well up on that ridge.

Dumpster Area Clean-up

We were able to thoroughly clean up the dumpster area this past weekend. Thanks to a few volunteers we made a few trips to the recycling center with full pick-up truck loads of tires, metal debris and an old refrigerator.

The clean-up wouldn’t have been possible without the help of Stephanie Bloomer, Bob Klein, Lucky Abernathy and Sue Abernathy… they were incredibly helpful!
Photos and organization by Feliks Kiselyuk