Sunday: Earth Day Fair

Prehensiled-tailed Skink The Philadelphia Zoo on Wheels was present at the fair. However, their contribution was pitiful at best. The only live animals present were the Skink and a rabbit. They also had a display of feathers and skins from a crocodile, a lion and a snake.
Desert Turtle - The Turtle Lady had this humongous Desert Turtle out in the open, as well as Snapping Turtles.
American Kestrel (falcon)
Barred Owl.
Red-tailed Hawk. The Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge Ctr. was at the fair, like last year, and brought along 3 birds that have been rescued: Falcon, Hawk and Owl. The birds are so beautiful...I just love them.
Kaylie "milking" a cow.
The kids' craft table was fun. It had dirt, sand, seeds, rocks, cotton, twigs, leaves, feathers, and seed pods. They could use any material they wanted in making their creation. This is mine. :)

The kids loved coming down the big slide. But at a buck each time, I could only afford for them to go 2 times.





There was a fabulous quartet playing music...they had some recycled items such as jug jars, washing tubs, spoons, etc. They played "My Dear Mr. Shane" and "When The Saints Come Marching In." They invited the kids to come play, but Liam refused. Kaylie, on the other hand, went up and played the maracas. Liam was was holding out for the funnel cake. :)
Bang the Trash. The kids playing "music" on recycled plastic bottles, metal, etc.
Alpacas
Love, love, love the motion blur I captured here. Can you see it?
One of my favorite parts of the fair is seeing the crafters spin the wheels to make yarn. This particular person was spinning sheep's wool.
Here's a close up of the train...all grocery store plastic bags.
Miranda's dress' train is made up of plastic bags.
Miranda, the Green Queen.

Sunday: Earth Day Fair

Ecological Disaster: The Slow Death of Woolman's Lake

This morning we woke up to front page news of the fish turning up dead at Woolman's Lake. Those of you who read my blog will know that I frequent this lake often. There isn't much to do at this lake, but I go to view the birds and the flowers that grow along its bank. It has been on a steady decline for years now. Nobody seems to want to do anything.

This event happened as a result of active measures taken by the State in response to Hannah. There were predictions that we were going to get at least 7 inches of rain which meant that the lake and the surrounding areas would overflow. The State of N.J. let the water levels drop in expectation of the aforementioned rains...it didn't materialize; I believe we got let than 2 inches of rain. By the time the State realized that the levels were too low, it was too late. Now, they are claiming that perhaps someone tampered with the levy.

The fishes are just floating on the lake, rotting away. There are tons of vultures sweeping in to eat them. On one tree alone I counted over 18 vultures. The air is stale and rotten. The homeowner's along the lake are complaining that it reeks of rotting fish. So, the municipality sent in 2 employees to go in the lake to collect the dead fish. 1454

Ecological Disaster: The Slow Death of Woolman's Lake