During a recent visit to eastern Pennsylvania, I experienced something I hadn’t seen since the late 1980s. That would be spring coming to the Northeast.
There were the signs of imminent spring like daffodils sprouting everywhere…
The rhododendron bushes were budding…
The moss was growing fresh and furry…
The streams weren’t brimming over with snow melt — eastern Pennsylvania had a pretty snow-free winter. But they were running high due to all the spring rainfall…
Amidst all of these signs of spring, there were the trees. Not quite ready to bud yet…
One day before I came back to Arizona, I went out to lunch with a former teacher-turned friend. After lunch, we took a walk and came upon this abandoned railroad track. This was once the Media-West Chester Line, and it took commuters to and from Philadelphia…
I don’t think that a scenic line like this one should go to waste. Why not turn it into a rail trail? This could be an interesting project for the people of Chester and Delaware Counties to collaborate on. Not to mention Philadelphia. It might even create some jobs.
Update: In an earlier post, I showed a couple of very affectionate trees. I’m sorry to report that these two trees had diseased trunks and had to be cut down…
