Star Wars!

December 18th is right around the corner! Are you ready?

Teen Halloween Book Display

After Halloween, but here is the Hillendahl Teen Halloween Book Display!

Silver Stars - Care Connection

Hello!

Last Thursday we had Libby Pham speak at Ring Neighborhood Library about Care Connection and what that means for you. This wonderful group provides many resources for aging gracefully and people with disabilities. They will help you organize medication and give you counseling for that medication. Care Connection with help you with navigating Medicare and Medicaid and are a wonderful consumer resource.  

Silver Stars - Houston Fire Fighters

Hello!

Today the Houston Fire Fighters came in and spoke about the HFD Smoke Alarm Program and general fire safety and prevention.

We have a very fun time!

- Ring Staff

Silver Stars - Digital Assets

Hello!

Here we have Mike Fuqua from Fuqua & Associates, P.C. law firm. He spoke to the group about what to do with your digital assets after you pass. Fascinating talk!

Have a nice day!

- Ring Staff

Silver Stars - Museum of Fine Arts

Hello!

It is time for Silver Stars again! Here is Mike Adams from the Museum of Fine Arts!

Have a nice day!

- Ring Staff

Make N' Take Craft: Folded Napkins

Hello!

We had a fun craft about how to fold napkins in interesting ways.

Check out the awesome pineapple!

We also learned that you have to use Very Stiff Napkins or else your pineapple falls apart!

Oops! Disintegrating but still pretty!

- Ring Staff

March 2015 Make n' Take Craft

Good Morning!

Check out the photos from the latest Make n' Take Craft!

Have a nice day!

- Ring Staff

Sustainable Savings - My Chicken Diaries

Good Evening Everyone!

Suzanne King from My Chicken Diaries brought in some Egg-selent chicken ambassadors tonight!

These lovely ladies provided and visual aid during Suzanne's fascinating talk on chickens and how they can impact your life and health.

She let us know about the different chicken breeds and how they all have fun colors and egg sizes. She also showed us turkey and goose eggs!

Here is the difference between a goose egg and the starter egg from a young chicken. Wow! Such a size difference!

Thank you again Suzanne for such a wonderful Egg-perience!

- Ring Staff

Sustainable Savings - Merits of Keeping Bees

Good Morning!

We hosted the 3rd installment of sustainable Savings last night. The speaker was Robert Morrison of Those Bee Guys. He was fantastic, and we all thoroughly enjoyed his presentation. Here are some of the highlights from the program!

The Merits of Keeping Bees

            Importance of Bees in Society

·         $215 Billion Impact Globally

·         1/3 of what we eat are pollinated by bees

·         They give us honey!

·         Colony Collapse Disorder

o   Habitat loss

o   Pesticide Use

o   Parasite/Disease

o   Agricultural Practices

Making a difference

·         Plant Bee Friendly Plants

·         Avoid Insecticide Use, especially “systemic”

·         Go get some bees!

Keeping Your Own Bees

·         More Flowers, Veggies and Fruit

·         Honey

·         It’s a Blast!

Have a wonderful day!

-Ring Staff

Sustainable Savings - Composting

Good Evening!

Patti Suler, Master Gardener, spoke to us today about the fascinating world of Composting! It was great fun and we all learned quite a bit about the do's and don'ts about composting!

Have a nice evening!

- Ring Staff

Sustainable Savings - Solar Panels

Good Evening!

Last week on March 3rd we had Steve Stelzer, the Program Director of the City of Houston Public Works & Engineering Building code Enforcement Green Building Resource Center, came to Ring Neighborhood Library to speak about Solar Panels. Everyone had a wonderful time!

Thank you Steve!

- Ring Staff

February Craft - Valentine Mice

Hello!

We made some adorable (and delicious!) Valentine Mice for the Craft today. Everyone had a wonderful time!

Aren't they just the most darling little things?

Have a nice day!

- Ring Staff

January 2015 Winter Snowflake Card

Good Afternoon!

For this months craft we made a beautiful Winter Snowflake Card!

See you next month!

- Ring Staff

January 8th Storytime

Good Morning!

Here are some awesome pictures from Ring Neighborhood Library's January 8th Storytime!

Have a Great Day!

- Ring Staff

Customer Comment Form

Good Morning!

If anyone is interested, here is the Customer Comment Form link.



https://hplnet.houstonlibrary.org/forms/13_Customer_Comments_Form_English.pdf



Have a nice day!

- Ring Staff