As a group we never meet together in August, but we were all highly anticipating our September meeting.
On Wednesday September 3rd we gathered in the Parish Room to hear Anna-Louise Pickering, the daughter of the renowned artist and environmentalist Pollyanna Pickering, deliver her third talk to us. This time her subject was “The Kingdom of the Jaguar.”
Anna-Louise is herself a writer, photographer and conservationist who travelled with her late mother to remote and inhospitable parts of the world so that Pollyanna could sketch and paint animals in their natural habitat. In 2017 Pollyanna fulfilled a long held dream to visit the Pantanal area of Brazil to search for Jaguars.
Anna-Louise held us all spell bound as she told us of the trials of being in extremes of heat and humidity, and travelling on crocodile infested rivers. The photography shared with us was amazing. Anna-Louise and her mother braved the large wildlife, but it was the plagues of mosquitoes and other tiny insects that gave them the most trouble. Remarkably they were rewarded with over 20 sightings of jaguars, including spending several hours watching a female jaguar with her cub.
After the talk we were able to purchase wonderful items such as cards, books and calendars etc. to remind us of this very special evening.
Next month, on October 1st, at 7.00 pm in the Parish Room, our speakers are Andrew and Gillian Campbell, from Hearing Ambassadors – a charity promoting awareness of hearing loss.
In November we are to have a meal at the Chesterfield Golf Club, and then in December we have our own Carol Service
and Christmas Party.
Anyone interested in joining Newbold Women’s Group please feel free to speak to Trish Law, Wendy Drake or myself. Please come and join us.
Marilyn James