New Ipswich Cleanup Day - Thank You
Thanks to all the volunteers who took to the town roads to pick up the beer cans, twisted tea bottles and other detritus tossed by careless motorists. Hopefully we will need LESS bags next year
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Careless Camping
Carry in, carry out Camping is not allowed on the conservation land at Damsite 35 in Smithville. However that didn't stop someone from pitching a tent, building a fire right in the midst of dry pine needles and consuming whatever this stuff is. What is most disconcerting to me is that they went to the trouble to carry FULL bottles to the campsite but couldn't be bothered to carry the EMPTIES out. We took care of that for you.
Dying tree at the Old Burial Ground
The Old Burial Ground in New Ipswich has some very interesting gravestones. It is the least visited of the town's cemeteries. I took a photo of a dying tree on my visit and later noticed a pattern in the wood which I've highlighted in this photo. What do you see? Memento mori - "Remember that you will die" This was one of the more elaborate stones at the site. The winged skull is a common motif for this era, but I found this winged "head" to be more interesting (and a little creepy)