No, not that kind of bucket list.

We’re looking for names to hang on Steve Miller’s sap buckets in a unique Rent-A-Bucket fundraiser. For $25 you get your name (or the name of your mother, kids, dog, cat or spouse), on a bucket, a chance to visit it in the Millers’ picturesque sugarbush near Margaretville, and a personal tour of the saphouse to watch maple syrup being made while you enjoy a hot drink and other refreshments. You’ll go home with an 8 ounce bottle of fresh syrup, and some newly minted memories. Maybe even a selfie of you and your bucket.

An illustrated talk on the history of skiing in the Catskills will be presented Sunday, Oct. 26 at the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown’s annual meeting and luncheon.

This closing event of the 2014 season begins at noon at the HSM hall, 778 Cemetery Road, Margaretville.

New York’s first chairlift, Belleayre Mountain

An illustrated talk on the construction of the Pepacton Reservoir and its impact on displaced communities, particularly Arena, will be presented Sunday, Sept. 14 at 1 p.m. at the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown (HSM), 778 Cemetery Road, Margaretville.

Admission is $2 for HSM members, $4 for non-members.

Diane Galusha, author of Liquid Assets, A History of New York City’s Water System, will deliver the program titled “Remembering Arena: 60 Years Gone.” She will explain the City’s 20th-century search for reliable sources of water, the damming of the East Branch of the Delaware River to create the largest reservoir in the City’s supply, and the repercussions to 1,000 people in four communities who were forced to leave their homes, farms, and businesses.

The James Martin house is moved from Arena to higher ground in Dunraven.

Photos and stories of Animals on the Farm will be the featured exhibit in the History Tent at the Cauliflower Festival this Saturday, Sept. 27 from 10 to 4 in Margaretville Village Park.

Find out about Olive, a handicapped Hereford on the Bouton farm in Halcott; the obstinate churn dog remembered by John Burroughs who grew up on a Roxbury farm; and the disastrous consequences that befell Mike Todd of Dry Brook when he tickled the belly of an ox.

Photos of prized dairy cows, handsome work horses and much-loved cow dogs, barn cats, chickens and even a pet bobcat will be displayed.

A calf and a lamb, born this summer on Chris and Judy DiBenedetto’s farm in Halcott will greet visitors at the History Tent, sponsored by the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown. HSM will also mount its annual exhibit on the cauliflower industry, which flourished in the Catskills from the 1890s through about 1950, and continued on some large truck farms through the 1990s.

The eagerly anticipated DVD of the Third Annual Living History Cemetery Tour, held in June at Sanford Cemetery, Dunraven, will be available for sale. The video of the one-hour tour, featuring nine area players portraying people from Middletown’s past, was professionally produced by videographer Jessica Vecchione.

A sales table of beautiful glassware and other items will help raise funds for HSM.

An evening of simple pleasures — garden strolling, porch sitting, cider sipping and a bit of lawn bowling, all enjoyed with background music from the player piano – will be the order of the day at a Summer Soiree Friday, July 11 at The Raven’s Nest, the home of Tom and Connie Jeffers in Margaretville.

The event, which runs from 5 to 8 p.m., is a fundraiser for the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown (HSM). It will include light fare from Mary’s Cookin’ Again, tastings of the Jeffers’ home-made hard cider, and other libations.

Mamie Townsend and calf on the family’s Bragg Hollow, Halcottsville farm.

Guests will enjoy tours of all three floors of this elegant 1890s home. A restored player piano with its visible workings is sure to fascinate. Choose from among the Jeffers’ collection of several hundred rolls of old time and modern tunes.

Visit the carriage house, with its specially equipped woodworking shop and Cider Room, and the gardens, in full bloom now at the height of summer. Play a game of croquet using a vintage croquet set, and check out the steampunk installation in the parlor. Don’t know what steampunk is? Come find out!

Admission is $40 per person, $75 for couples. Call 845-586-4878 by July 5 to make reservations for this unique and casually elegant evening. Period dress is welcomed!

At a HSM-sponsored program in the spring of 2013, the Jeffers shared the story of their beautifully restored Queen Anne Victorian home at 191 Walnut Street with a rapt audience of history lovers.

The longest day of the year will bring the most anticipated event of the season when the Third Annual Living History Cemetery Tour comes to the Sanford Cemetery, County Route 6 (New Kingston Rd.), Dunraven.

Reservations are required by June 18. Call 845-586-4736 to reserve one of seven tour times. Tickets are $12.

Sponsored by the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown, the event features costumed players who will portray nine individuals from Middletown’s past. Guides will lead visitors through this picturesque burial ground to meet each character during the course of the one-hour tour.