What is it about the Fall that brings nature so into focus?  Maybe it’s the slanted light that makes shadows lengthen and colors pop? Or maybe because we feel the window closing on our time out of doors?  In any case, I feel the need to share last Saturday’s close encounters with Mother Nature.  1) As shared with many of …

First things first:  A correction regarding our Inside Out installation, sponsored by the Philadelphia Museum of Art: the link given in last week’s newsletter was for last year’s map…not at all helpful!  Mea culpa.  Fortunately, there really is a downloadable app for that. Click here and choose your version, hit the Lansdowne button, and start walking.  For the non-techies, paper …

Before I even begin to talk about this week’s Lansdowne Farmers Market, can I just take a moment to thank and congratulate the LEDC and all of the volunteers who made last Sunday’s Arts on the Avenue a smashing success?  It takes a village…and ours is one of the best.  Take a bow, y’all! And as if that weren’t enough, …

In the drizzle and chill of the Labor Day LFM, it almost felt like the last hurrah…but try telling that to the faithful market-goers who showed up right on schedule, left with bags and baskets of the last of the berries and peaches, green beans and zucchini, and the vendors with lighter tables and big smiles.  It happens every year. …