To all our contributing bakers, thank you from the bottom of our sheet pans for the delicious cookies, brownies, bars and cupcakes we had the privilege of selling at the San Vito Bird Club Bake Sale yesterday at the Las Cruces Dia de Puertas Abiertas.

Arranged in first name alphabetical order, ALL HAIL:

Dulce Maday Cueva Salas

Ellen Beckett

Joe Ippolito

Kathy Bauer

Peter Wendell

Here is a photo of the ‘table team’ — Alison, Nancy Warshawer and Peter Wendell:

It’s a shame you can’t really see the goodies . . . we netted more than $100, beating our high sales from last year of $75. All proceeds go to Las Cruces and it is our pleasure and privilege to be part of this wonderful, annual event.

We also had ‘Lucy Loves Nature’ books for sale from the amazing Dr. Lilly Briggs, longtime friend of the SVBC and Executive Director of the Finca Cantaros Enviromental Association. These educational and fun books are available in English and Spanish, hard cover and paperback editions. For more on these new books, visit https://fincacantaros.org.

Peter, highlighting the books:

As always, with annual events, a sense of nostalgia and a feeling of renewal occur simultaneously. To be honest, this writer is not even sure when the bird club’s participation in the Las Cruces Open Doors Event began. We are so fortunate to have this enduring relationship with the Tropical Studies Las Cruces Biological Research Station.

It is our good luck to continue this special activity. Next year, we hope to see you too!