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Maybe we should have a general thread for spring plant finds? Found a very vigorous and pretty patch of these two classics on Sunday.

With the weather warming once again, a look back on my favorite season to be in the woods.

A few photos from inside the mansion done up for the season. I had never been inside at night before. It was a really excellent tour, with a very enthusiastic and knowledgeable guide. Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy Holidays to all.

Recent adventures.

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I made it out to most of the fall festivals in the area this year, even if only briefly on my way to get photos somewhere else nearby. Pine Barren Makers Fest in Nesco Apple Festival at Kirby's Mill in Medford Pine Barrens Jamboree at Wells Mills Country Living Fair at Batsto...

A nice light show on the bogs yesterday morning.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pasta-new-jersey-mysteriously-dumped-in-old-bridge-woods/ They're surprised to find spaghetti and macaroni? Those are Jersey-native species :D

I've been busy lately and a bit behind on photo cataloguing, but I did spend a lot of time out in the field this winter.

I was checking out the new Whispering Pines trails in Tabernacle yesterday. It's nice back there, there are some large cedars. On the way out I took a shortcut and walked Iricks Causeway back to the parking lot. The road had irregular chunks of crushed asphalt in it, which was not great to walk...

I saw this referenced on Hacker News over the weekend and thought you might find it at least interesting, if you aren't already aware of it. Intro/demo: https://protomaps.com/ Technical explanation: https://protomaps.com/blog/dynamic-maps-static-storage Code...

I recently noticed this exposed clay pipe alongside a big ditch in the road at Hampton - would this be the same pipe mentioned here and then again here in this thread from 2011? Is this basically part of a storm drain installation then, to keep the road dry? Or maybe it has feeders from the...

https://www.nj.com/news/2023/01/mystery-shaking-rumbling-felt-along-jersey-shore-again-no-earthquakes-reported.html Did you hear/feel it? There were a couple of deep booms a few seconds apart here around 11AM yesterday. It shook the house a little bit. This is pretty far inland.

Just after Christmas, I headed way down south to several sites on the Delaware Bay for photos. On the way back, I stopped in Cumberland to finally check out the ruins of Fries Mill. On the walk along the tracks out to the old carriage road there were some people in front of me, including some...

Small feature request - this is pretty minor but it would make a nice quality of life improvement. Could we get the details fields on waypoints to wrap around? It'd be nice on desktop but especially useful in mobile mode. Without it it's basically impossible to read my notes out in the field...

There's a fire in progress on the YMCA Camp Ockanickon/Matollionequay property. I was able to get a pretty close look. Have not seen this reported anywhere else yet. This general area is burning. I'm not sure how extensive it is. They briefly had the Matollionequay entrance blocked off...

Morning fog has really been a boon over the last month.

Some photos from the festival at Batsto earlier today. Honestly one of the highlights was being able to finally try the NJ maple syrup that Stockton has been working on. Made from red maples on the university campus. It was delicious. They said they may be able to start selling it to the...

I drive by this a lot but always forget to look it up. Something reminded me of it this week. Driving west on 532, at a curve you can clearly see that there used to be a road that continued straight. A southern section of South Park Road that used to connect. There has been a large metal gate...

To close out the summer season, some discoveries from the previous few months. Bog asphodel - thanks to forum members here who helped me find a population of it. Golden-crest, or neverwet as I think it's colorfully described in John McPhee's book. Carnivorous things... Some other...