25, all very good, last year. I think that was the third year since I planted two of them. This one is a semi-dwarf. The other is a standard which is flowering for the first time this year. I'll be thinning out the flowers soon. |
Here's something I'd never seen until about a month ago - a little fieldstone dam. Click here to see more about it. |
The Statue of Hope - May 2 - For several years I have had in mind the leaving of a suitable memorial in our beautiful town, and I have felt that something artistic would be desirable, as you are sure to provide yourselves with everything that is needed of a practical character. Susan Preston Draper, 1904 |
May 2 |
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Dutcher Street - May 2 |
Hopedale Pond - May 2 |
I don't know much about snails, but I was surprised a few days ago when I found this one in Hopedale Pond. As you can see, it's as big as Andrew Jackson's head. . |
The corner of Beech and Inman streets - May 9. |
of Dutcher Street. The one to the left was taken this month and the one below, 1981. It shows Boy Scouts who were assisting with the tree planting. The committee that raised donations to plant trees along tree belts consulted experts for advice. They were told that flowering crabs would be a good choice for under the untility wires because they wouldn't grow too tall, and Bradford pears were recommended for the other side of the street. Unfortunatly, it turned out that the pears are easily knocked down by the wind, and they grew tall enough to take out wires on the other side of the street when they come down. Click here to see more of the 1981 project. |
Town Park Crime of the Century - Somebody stole home. |
While some people like their lawns to be just grass, I don't mind colors other than green in mine. Here it is, just before I mowed it, showing the results of doing nothing other than mowing it for the past 43 years. |
May 13 |
May 13 |
Click here for more on Project Star. |
The senior release parade - Click here for more. |
Two years ago, in the autumn of 1898, Mr. and Mrs. William Tebb, of London, England, old-time friends and admirers of the man upon whom our chief thoughts are fixed today spent an afternoon with myself and wife at our home in Dorchester. During the interview, occupied mostly in conversation upon questions of reform, with reminiscences relating to the progressive movements of the past fifty years or more and the persons identified with them, among whom he stood conspicuous, one of our guests, when reference was made to him, remarked that there ought to be a monument erected as a testimonial to his exalted character and signal service of the truth and of humanity, and as a means of transmitting his name and influence to posterity. Whereupon the suggestion became for quite a while the theme of animated discussion, our English friends urging with much zeal the inauguration of immediate practical measures for carrying it into effect. Mrs. Heywood and myself, though naturally gratified at the proposition, were yet reluctant to become sponsors for the contemplated movement or to be regarded as its originators or chief promoters. But we were willing to cooperate with others in its behalf, and, if desired, to act as their agents in seeing what could be done in the way of prosecuting it to a successful issue. So much was stated to our visitors, and I personally promised to confer with persons in Hopedale and elsewhere who might be presumed to have sufficient interest in the project to aid in its realization. Proceeding to do this, the response was so favorable that upon further consultation with M. and Mrs. Tebb it was determined to enter upon the undertaking at the earliest practicable date. Rev. William S. Heywood, (son-in-law of Adin Ballou), at the dedication of Adin Ballou Memorial Park, October 27, 1900. |
Ice rink, Plain Street - Click here for Milford News story. |
Class at Art Creation, Rosenfeld Drive - May 17. |
Raider road race - May 18 - Click here to see more. |
Friends of the Library book and bake sale - May 18. |
Wild geranium - Parklands near Dutcher Street entrance - May 20. |
No, not Hopedale Pond. I took this picture May 19 on the Quinsigamond River in North Grafton a short distance north of the MassPike. I'll keep watching Hopedale Pond. Maybe I'll find a family like this there. |
the geese are on Hopedale Pond. May 20 |
Rustic Bridge. Click here to see scenes along the river, and here for much more on redwings at the Cornell ornithology site. |
South Hopedale School - The front of the South Hopedale school house is in need of repairs, and by an expenditure of about $600, an addition of 15 feet can be built at the rear of the building, giving room for coal and for the storage of books and supplies. This will also include reshingling the roof, which is needed, and change the front, making one entrance in the centre with a porch, and removing the long front stairs, which will barely hold together until the end of the present school year. For the School Committee, Frank J. Dutcher, Secretary, 1892. |
Memorial Day parade - Click here to see it on YouTube. |