OYSTERS AND ESTUARIES
Water Closet for November 17, 2017 Dark and light green grasses In cowlicks swirl ’tween soft mud creeks Levied by dune and upland rock Watering place for more than ducks, Has depth and breadth Beyond its bounds. Where larval travelers get their start And subtler...
POND MEADOW POND VALLEY
Water Closet for November 10, 2017 [pullquote]”Natural music from the brook, wind in the trees, and rain drops pattering on leaves and clothes accompanied the hikers.”[/pullquote] After three months with little rain five inches fell here in the last...
2017 Fall Hike
The Middleton Stream Team’s Fall Hike included a few showers but the winds held off and everybody had a fun learning adventure. The children were provided a list of things to look for, a moss covered rock as big as an elephant and a witch’s broom high in a tree being...
LATE OCTOBER ON THE IPSWICH RIVER
Water Closet for November 3, 2017 [pullquote]”One of the delights this fall are the female winterberry bushes loaded with shiny Chinese-red clusters of blueberry-sized fruits which seems redder and more numerous this year”[/pullquote] The...
FALL FOLIAGE SHOW IS LATE THIS YEAR
Water Closet for October 27, 2017 Just northwest up the road from Middleton in North Andover are Boston Hill and Holt Hill. These glacially deposited and sculpted drumlins at 380 and 420 feet are the highest hills in Essex County. ...
THE OREGON TRAIL BY BOOK
Water Closet for October 20, 2017 The old saw “The devils are in the details.” is carried to a high level by dreamers Rinker and Nicholas Buck. Unlike many dreamers their dreams don’t get in the way of practicality and can-do attitudes....
GARDENS AND BIRDS ALONG THE RIVER IN THE RAIN
Water Closet for October 13, 2017 It was raining the morning of a recent Ipswich River Water Association’s bird walk. [pullquote]” Several coopers hawks, a sharp-shinned hawk, a Merlin, a peregrine falcon, two harriers, a red...
BAPTISMAL MAIDEN VOYAGE
Water Closet for October 6, 2017 Middleton Stream Teamer Leon Rubchinuk’s raffle ticket drawn at the Ipswich River Watershed Association 40th birthday celebration won him a new canoe. Generous Leon offered its use to fellow members....
Bay Circuit trail presentation
Dan & Marilyn Brielmann along with Alan French will be your guides taking you along the Bay Circuit Trail, a 200 mile natural wonder that arcs around the city of Boston from Newburyport to Kingston