 1 Variety of winter activities on frozen Spy Pond |
 2 Enjoying frozen Spy Pond |
 3 Ice fishing on Spy Pond |
 4 Ice hockey on Spy Pond |
 5 Pond Snow Trail |
 6 Sunset over Spy Pond |
 7 Seth Anderson and Adrienne Landry paused for a photo while planting three fragrant sumac bushes. |
 8 Adrienne Landry, Beautification Committee, treats invasive knotweed with a vinegar solution. |
 9 FSPP members William Stalcup and Julie McBride worked with Adrienne Landry to eliminate invasive plants. |
 10 Park visitors helped to eliminate invasive garlic mustard, Anne Ellinger's idea. |
 11 Lally Stowell with our cart filled with tools and bags for natural debris and invasive plant removal makes her way past volunteers grooming the cobblestones. |
 12 Lally Stowell, Beautification Committee, wearing water boots, trimmed bushes from Spy Pond at Linwood Circle. |
 13 The Gibbs Green Team used tools to reach and collect litter at the water’s edge and throughout Spy Pond Park on a Wednesday in June. |
 14 The tortoise and the hare before their race in Spy Pond Park. |
 15 Happy Fun Day Faces |
 16 Jenny Babon (l), FSPP volunteer, guided Fun Day nature craft activities. |
 17 Parents and toddlers happily participated in challenging activities. |
 18 Nelya Aoues concentrated on "What’s Wrong with this Picture?". |
 19 High school volunteer, Jessica Shi, assisted Ahaana Mouldonado-Sood to create a leaf print. |
 20 Making bark boats was a fun activity. |
 21 Jenny Venant, high school volunteer, painted a butterfly on Shanna Hazel's cheek. |
 22 “Confluence” was an art installation in Spy Pond Park by artists Laurie Bogdan and Kimberley Harding meant to enccourage water purification. |
 23 Ferns flourish in Spy Pond Park planting beds. |
 24 Stone sculpture beside the walk-down steps leading into Spy Pond |
 25 Goldenrod bursts forth at the shoreline of Spy Pond. |
 26 Ducks venture out of the water onto SPP grass to rest. |
 27 A beautiful hibiscus was a new bloom in the SPP planting beds. |
 28 Theresa Turtle left Spy Pond, crossed the pervious path, trudged up the hill near Linwood Street in search of a spot to bury her eggs in the grassy turf. |
 29 Charlie, Cloe, and Emil made twirly stick butterflies and dragonflies. |
 30 Nathan, Jack, and Finn enjoyed water play. |
 31 Oliver strengthened his motor skills as he stacked blocks at the toddlers’ table. |
 32 Erin cuddled the prize she chose for participating in the toddlers’ activities. |
 33 Audrey, Anupan, and Eliza cut out and colored in their eagle’s wings for their costumes, preparing to act out the story about the eaglets. |
 34 The girls listened closely to the directions for folding the origami squares, creating colorful fish art. |
 35 Six-year-old, Senka showed off her artwork, sunset at Spy Pond with her list of who lives there at the bottom. |
 36 Fish art from the “Confluence” oragami craft table was so imaginative. |
 37 Mystic Brass Ensemble Players |
 38 “Lokensgard Blechbaser Ensemble” |
 39 “Coffee to Cocktails” |
 40 Duck with a fishing bobble stuck around its wing. |
 41 Doris Birmingham and her grandson helped groom the island on Linwood Circle. |
 42 The Amo and Yoda families enjoyed an ice cream treat courtesy of Zhen Ren Chuan Martial Arts after volunteering in SPP. |
 43 Charles DeVirgilio and his Martial Arts family members helped on a FSPP Work Day. |
 44 Before we began work, invasive plants were overgrown in the walled-in, square plot to the right of the boat ramp. |
 45 Phillip McLaine and his son, Oslin, finished after 3 sessions of clearing the square plot for native planting. |
