Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Field Trip to Antietam Lake County Park

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East of Reading, Berks County, PA is the newest county Park:  Antietam Lake   Sassafrass Bark   Seeking plants, late spring. ...

Volunteer Work Day: Philadelphia DPR and WEP

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Saturday April 26:  Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation and Wissahickon East Project.  Leader David Bower.  At a new park site a...

Volunteer Work Day: Philadelphia DPR and CHFM

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April 12 Joint Workday Philadelphia Dept of Parks and Recreation  Volunteers from Accenture, Timberland and Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting ...
Monday, March 31, 2014

Rock Creek Park Woods in March 2014

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Notice the softening of the light taking place over just a few days at the end of March.  The color tone shifts from black and grey to w...

CHFM Volunteer Days

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Spring begins volunteer cleanup days in the woods around Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting.   David Bower, Volunteer Coordinator for Philad...

Dragging Away Abandoned Tent and Trash

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  Dragging.   Carrying. Smiling.

Taking Out a Fencepost Set in Concrete

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Initial digging. Advice. Leverage. Below, lifting.

Cool Art

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 ' Tinzenhorn,' by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.  1919.  Pastel.  From the Bruecke Museum in Berlin.   'Wind Map,' by Fern...

Several Images from Philips Gallery Collection

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Duncan Phillips and his wife created a small and very fine collection of art.  It is open to the public in Washington DC.  There is an entry...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

Snow, Snow and More Snow: Feb, 2014

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January and February in Philadelphia have been among the coldest and snowiest on record (even as western US had heat and drought).   ...