by Marlene Berlin I’m afraid, dear readers, that you are subjected to my obsessions. First it was mushrooms. Later, my new backyard bird feeder. Now I have another confession – I am a bit nutty about frogs and toads, especially the spring sound of the Eastern American toad. They begin their mating serenade in early […]
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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 […]
Saturday in the neighborhood: MLK Soapstone volunteers + impromptu trash cleanup
by Marlene Berlin I got a late start. I’d been reading the latest Christian Science Monitor, which gives you the scoop on the good news that is happening around the world, and then the Washington Post, where I learned Walmart will not build two stores that were to anchor two shopping centers east of the […]
Backyard Nature: The fruits (and nuts) of foraging
by Seth Morris I live in Tenleytown, and enjoy gardening and foraging as a way to relax, and connect with nature. On Sunday I was busy collecting chestnuts in my secret spot when Marlene Berlin asked me what I was doing and she generously suggested that, in return for her promise not to reveal my […]
You can help ANC 3F’s new Trails Committee watch over Soapstone and Melvin Hazen
by Pat Jakopchek ANC 3F07 commissioner Each weekday, over 37,000 cars travel through our neighborhood along Connecticut Avenue. Their riders head to one of the countless commitments of their modern lives. All the while, some of our community’s biggest gems sit just a few hundred feet from the edges of that thoroughfare. Contrary to what […]
Photogenic fungi of Forest Hills
Our editor Marlene Berlin has encountered interesting mushrooms on her walks this summer. She found these in Rock Creek Park. Can you identify any of them? Laurie Sieminski sent us this specimen from her back yard: And yes, we confess to being a little mushroom-obsessed. More than a little. Quite a lot more than a […]
Survey: Van Ness Retail Wants And Needs
by Marlene Berlin Both BF Saul and the University of the District of Columbia are looking for retail tenants: BF Saul for the ground floor level of the Park Van Ness development at the current site of Van Ness Square; and across the street, UDC for 4200 Connecticut Avenue, which houses the David A. Clarke […]
New Location For October 12th Mushroom Foray
The government shutdown has prevented us from starting the mushroom walk from the Rock Creek Park Nature Center, but the walk is still on this Saturday, October 12th. We will meet on Tilden Street at Reno Road to do our hunting and learning in Melvin Hazen Park. Jon Elfritz of the Mycological Association of Washington […]
Join Us For A Mushroom Hunt Oct. 12
by Marlene Berlin ***UPDATE*** The government shutdown might mean a change in time and location or postponement of this event. We’ll keep you posted. Good news, mushroom lovers! I have badgered Mycological Association of Washington (MAW) into leading a group on a mushroom hunt in Rock Creek Park. We’ll be gathering outside the Nature Center […]
More Fabulous Fungus Finds
by Pat Davies When Marjorie Rachlin asked me to take some photos of mushrooms for her recent (and excellent) article on the topic in the Forest Hills Connection, I never imagined how addictive it would become, and how many different kinds of mushrooms I would find in my own yard and around the neighborhood! At […]