Posted inENVIRONMENT
Burning weeds with propane torch
Neighbor burns weeds with a propane torch thinking it is preferable to using an herbicide.
Posted inBUILDINGS ENVIRONMENT NATURE
City workers grind down tree stump
City crew grinds down remaining stump of large maple tree that storm had thrown upon houses.
Posted inANIMALS Books ENVIRONMENT
2018 Wissahickon Day Parade with oldtimer and author
At the Wissahickon Day Parade celebrating the forbidding of cars on Forbidden Drive, old timer Dr Tom rode in a wagon and "Twenty Horses" author Nancy Peter rode her new love, Cheyenne.
Posted inANIMALS ART CARS AND VEHICLES
Boat built in six hours, from free seas to art gallery
College students built boat in only six hours and launched it in Schuylkill River. Now a river mural is painted on its bottom.
Posted inANIMALS Education ENVIRONMENT
Naturalists raise, launch Monarch butterflies
Wissahickon naturalists harvest monarch butterfly eggs from milkweed leaves, feed the caterpillars until they pupate, then release the butterflies for their two thousand mile journey to Mexico forest.
Posted inCHESTNUT HILL ENVIRONMENT HISTORY
Iconic photos of Wissahickon in new exhibit
Exhibition curators discuss iconic historical photographs of the Wissahickon Valley, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Posted inART Education ENVIRONMENT
Honduran naturalist enthusiastic about nature center
Honduran nature educator is enthusiastic about identifying birds and the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education.
Posted inENVIRONMENT HEALTH HEARING
Leaf blowers noisy dirty and unhealthy
Watch video here. Our immediate neighbors' leaf blower landscape man is our bane. I know when he and his crew has visited: our front side and back walk areas are…
Posted inANIMALS Current Affairs Education
Celebrating the earth, Temple Ambler Earthfest
Temple University Ambler campus hosts Earthfest featuring environmental organizations like See Shepherd, public parks departments, FEMA and more.
Skeletons and butterflies
When a thunderstorm kept the J S Jenks kindergartners from visiting the Chestnut Hill Library for a program, the library came to them. Author Cynthia Kreilick read aloud in Spanish…