Today's Ramble was led by Linda Chafin.
Here's
the link to Don's Facebook album for today's Ramble. (All the
photos in this post are compliments of Don.)
Today's post was written by Linda Chafin.
Today’s Focus:
Grasses and whatever we found in the ROW.
21 Ramblers met today.
Announcements:
1.
Linda
introduced Anne Shenk, retired Education Director at the Garden and one of the
original co-founders (with retired Assistant Director Shirley Berry) of the
“Circle of Hikers,” in the Fall of 2010. That group was the precursor of our present-day
“Nature Ramblers.”
2.
Dale
introduced his brother, Paul, visiting from Arizona.
3.
Avis
told us about a proposed shooting range to be constructed one mile from the
Appalachian Trail. Use
this link to get more information about public input on the issue
4.
The
NR book group determined their meeting time and selected the books to read over
the next year. The first meeting will be at 11:30 am, after the Nov. 15 ramble.
The book to be read and discussed is American
Wolf, by Nate Blakeslee. If you were unable to attend either of the two
organizational meetings and want to participate in the book group send an email
to Emily (egenecarr AT gmail.com). The complete list of books being read is
available at
this link.
Today's reading:
Linda read a poem, Fungus on Fallen Alder
at Lookout Creek by Ellen Bass. You can find the text and listen to the
author read her poem at this link. Don deduced that the
fungus in the poem is the Turkey Tail, Trametes
versicolor.
