Weekend
Pretty remarkable weekend in Duke Park, North Carolina, so i thought i'd remark on it.
Saturday was Richard Hart's annual Mardi Gras parade and party.
Great food, great music, wonderful conversation, and enough memories for the kids to last a lifetime.
A sour note was struck, however, when Purple Man, all decked up in his Mardi Gras costume, was kidnapped from his display perch on the Markham Ave. traffic circle.
If you see this guy around town, or know of his whereabouts, drop me an email at bragin at nc dot rr dot com
No questions will be asked.
Sunday there were not one but two cleanups of neat natural attractions in or near the neighborhood. Working with our friends from Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association, we dragged about 20 or 25 cubic yards of invasive plants from ECWA's new creekside land along the Pearl Mill Creek, between Duke Park and Trinity Park neighborhoods. Just to the north of I-85, behind the old K-Mart, our friends in the Colonial Village Neighborhood Association cleaned up a bunch of trash from one of the largest beaver ponds in the Piedmont. I don't know if this photo does it justice, but the lodge is enormous, and the pond is easily 5 acres, if not more. One day, it too will be part of our greenway system.
Saturday was Richard Hart's annual Mardi Gras parade and party.
Great food, great music, wonderful conversation, and enough memories for the kids to last a lifetime.
A sour note was struck, however, when Purple Man, all decked up in his Mardi Gras costume, was kidnapped from his display perch on the Markham Ave. traffic circle.
If you see this guy around town, or know of his whereabouts, drop me an email at bragin at nc dot rr dot com
No questions will be asked.
Sunday there were not one but two cleanups of neat natural attractions in or near the neighborhood. Working with our friends from Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association, we dragged about 20 or 25 cubic yards of invasive plants from ECWA's new creekside land along the Pearl Mill Creek, between Duke Park and Trinity Park neighborhoods. Just to the north of I-85, behind the old K-Mart, our friends in the Colonial Village Neighborhood Association cleaned up a bunch of trash from one of the largest beaver ponds in the Piedmont. I don't know if this photo does it justice, but the lodge is enormous, and the pond is easily 5 acres, if not more. One day, it too will be part of our greenway system.
Since 1949, Durhamites have slept soundly, secure in the knowledge that, in our town, erection can be depended upon. Now, thanks to the power of the internets, we can spread that security all over the world.
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