There's an intersection two houses away that is a favorite shortcut for folks avoiding a nearby light. When there's a crash, which there is several times per year, I can feel the impact and I immediately call 911. Sometimes I go over to have a look and there is always an SUV involved. #crash #traffic #swarthmore #suv #cars
If you're associated with #SwarthmoreCollege and want to support the students protesting for a free Palestine, there's a petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/reinstate-the-students
My 10x25' plot at the community garden. Currently 2 rows of fava beans, 3 rows of carrots, 4 rows of shelling peas, and 10 tomatoes. Central portion covered with bird netting to keep out the birds and the squirrels. #CommunityGarden #GrowYourOwn #allotment #garden #gardening #swarthmore #peas #fava #tomatoes
I visited my garden yesterday and several wood stakes that I'd pounded into the ground were horizontal and in some cases several feet from their original positions. And two trellises were bent over 10° or so. I initially thought "vandalism" but it turns out the winds from yesterday's storm were clocked at 95-105 mph. Peas and fava beans took a hit from the hail, too. Took an hour to clean up. #weather #delco #swarthmore #garden #wind #allotment #gardening
Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) doing its strange cauliflory thing. I planted three in my front yard and for the next several weeks people will stop in awe and ask what species it is. When possible, I try to have small potted seedlings on hand to give to them. #trees #swarthmore #redbud #fabaceae #botany #cercis #cauliflory
Crazy amount of hail and lightning this morning. Sirens have been going off so I'm assuming power outages somewhere. Hoping my fava beans are OK. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA. #weather #hail #ice #pennsylvania #swarthmore #gardening
The Evolution of #Swarthmore https://youtu.be/hUpPDSSQt2M Neat aerial timelapse. Will be interesting to see campus post-Hicks, since I spent so much time there.
Here are the Gamewell Diaphones that alert volunteers to a fire emergency in Swarthmore. Link goes to a YouTube video if you want to hear them. #diaphone #horn #swarthmore https://www.google.com/search?q=swarthmore+fire+department+horn&oq=swarthmore+fire+department+horn&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCDYwOTdqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:050229e9,vid:LnDdz0ZQmTg,st:0
Made rice krispies treats for the volunteer fire department in town. As it turned out, their Gamewell Diaphone (nicknamed the Moose) started sounding as I typed this message ... and now the engine sirens are going, too. #cooking #dessert #swarthmore #FireDepartment
Here's my 10 x 25' plot at the community garden. To keep the birds off my peas and the squirrels off my tomatoes I've draped netting over the center portion that contains trellises made of concrete reinforcement panels. #garden #gardening #allotment #fence #peas #tomatoes #swarthmore #GrowYourOwn #VerticalGardening
Last fall I pruned off several dozen stem segments from my fig tree and crammed them into a bin of wet soil in my basement. Now they are starting to produce roots and I'm potting them up as gifts to friends in town. #figs #gardening #propagation #plants #fruit #ficus #swarthmore
2025 Goals
I know a big slice of my online nerd world is into themes. I don’t think I could simplify that easily between family and work and everything else. I don’t really go for the more traditional resolutions either (and Prehn has some good advice in this area). That’s where I land on goals, which in some cases includes already known or planned things. Obviously major surprises could still upend those but mostly I think these are all not only achievable but should be fun to achieve.
I guess if there is a theme it’s primarily family… with a side of nerdy projects. With a tween in the house now it’s all the more important that Andrle and I be there to support and care for him in all sorts of ways!
I have goals at work too but I can’t be particularly Specific here and, while a job is obviously a huge part of my time, it’s more of an ongoing continuous thing than something that fits into an annual boundary.
Members of the Army Air Force 332nd Fighter Group in a briefing room, Ramitelli, Italy [1945 March]
1 photograph : gelatin silver ; 9.1 x 9.1 cm. | Photograph shows a large group of Tuskegee airmen attending a briefing. Among those shown are: Hiram E. Mann, Cleveland, OH, Class 44-F; Newman C. Golden, Cincinnati, OH, 44-G; Bertram W. Wilson, Jr., Brooklyn, NY, 44-E; Samuel W. Watts, Jr., New York, NY, 44-E; Armour G. McDemoe, Martinsville, VA, 43-A; Howard C. Gamble, Charles Town, WV, 43-K; Harry T. Steward, Jr. Corona, NY, 44-F; Earle R. Lane, Wickliffe, OH, 44-D; Wyrain T. Shell, Brooklyn, NY, 44-F; Harold M. Morris, Seattle, WA, 44-D; John E. Edwards, Steubenville, OH, 44-C; John H. Porter, Cleveland, OH, 44-C; James H. Fischer?, Stoughton, MA44-G; Wyrain T. Shell, Brooklyn, NY, 44-F; William E. "Porky" Rice?, Swarthmore, PA, 44-G; Tony Weaver?; Charles L. White?, St. Louis, MO, 44-C; George Arnold Lynch, Valley Stream, NY, 44-F; Samuel L. Washington, Cleveland, OH, 44-F; Calvin J. Spann, Rutherford, NJ, 44-G; Frank N. Wright, Elmsford, NY, 44-F. At Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945. (Source: Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group pilots.)
#Ramitelli #Italy #Tuskegee #HiramEMann #Cleveland #NewmanCGolden #Cincinnati #BertramWWilson #Brooklyn #SamuelWWatts #NewYork #ArmourGMcDemoe #Martinsville #HowardCGamble #CharlesTown #HarryTSteward #JrCorona #EarleRLane #Wickliffe #WyrainTShell #HaroldMMorris #Seattle #JohnEEdwards #Steubenville #JohnHPorter #JamesHFischer #Stoughton #MA44-G #WilliamE"Porky"Rice #Swarthmore #TonyWeaver #CharlesLWhite #StLouis #GeorgeArnoldLynch #ValleyStream #SamuelLWashington #CalvinJSpann #Rutherford #FrankNWright #Elmsford #AfricanAmerican #WorldWarII #American #gelatinsilverprints #italy #people #airoperations #africanamericans #unitedstates #american #armyairforces #fighterpilots #worldwar #fightergroup #332nd #contactsheets
Looks like the RA union at #swarthmore got most of their pay demands met
https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2024/10/10/ra-union-and-college-reach-tentative-agreement-on-21-raises-and-more/
I planted 5 'King of the Garden" lima beans at the beginning of the summer and boy have they been producing. Hundreds on each plant with no end in sight. Plants got so big they cracked their supports. #LimaBeans #beans #gardening #swarthmore #VegetableGardening #legume
West Nile virus is causing tension in Swarthmore, PA. #BirdBath #StagnantWater #mosquitoes #bti #birds #nextdoor #WestNile #swarthmore #pennsylvania
At my community garden there are several dozen containers and objects that collect stagnant water. And because most people ignore their allotments for weeks at a time, or abandon them entirely, the sites are home to tens of thousands of mosquito larvae. Horrifying. #mosquitoes #allotment #gardening #garden #water #swarthmore #WestNile
"Eight college buildings are connected into a geo-exchange loop that can provide heat and air-conditioning without energy from fossil fuels. The heart of the system is a remarkable, swoop-roofed dining hall constructed with a mass timber frame — a low-carbon alternative to the usual steel skeleton — and equipped with all electric appliances. With these two projects, #Swarthmore has taken a giant step toward its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2035. "
https://www.inquirer.com/education/swarthmore-college-dining-hall-geothermal-power-20240802.html
