Look at me! Look at me! Look at me NOW! It is fun to have fun But you have to know how. Soapstone Market and about a hundred guests celebrated Dr. Seuss’s birthday on Saturday, and it looks like they know how to have fun. “It was hopping!” says Tracy Stannard, the market’s co-owner. “Hopping […]
Backyard nature: Bird feeder mania!
by David Cohen There must be something going around. At the end of my last Forest Hills Connection post, “Backyard nature: Winter is for the birds,” I mentioned our first bird feeder and the birds it was drawing. Then Marlene Berlin posted her marvelous account of her new backyard bird feeder. Sense a trend? Count […]
Backyard nature: Winter is for the birds
by David Cohen Thank you, Marlene Berlin! When I sent my photos from Mason Neck State Park in Lorton, Virginia, she suggested I look at Marjorie Rachlin’s marvelous 2013 and 2015 postings on wildlife in winter. That prompted me to look for winter wildlife in our neighborhood. Once again, it took a trip afar to […]
Peirce Mill’s version of a partridge in a pear tree: A chicken in the holly
The folks who bring the 19th century Peirce Mill to life for us made an unexpected discovery. We can’t improve on their telling, so here it is: Last Sunday at Peirce Mill, the staff were alerted by an excited visitor that “there is a wild chicken in the holly bush across the road in the […]
Photos: A misty walk in Rock Creek Park
by Marlene Berlin A gray, drizzly walk in Rock Creek Park ended up being a photographer’s delight. Last Saturday’s freezing rain kept me from my usual walk, so I was determined to get out on Sunday. My determination was rewarded. First I was absorbed by the bare tree limbs reaching into a sky textured by […]
Photos: FH Playground ribbon cutting and Halloween party
by Virginia Adams Marentette Vice president of Friends of Forest Hills Playground Last Sunday, Forest Hills came out to play! On the morning of October 26th, the neighborhood came out in force for the ribbon cutting ceremony marking the official opening of the new playground, and for the famous annual Halloween bash. Mayor Vincent Gray, […]