Springfield Woods Creative Challenge: "Let Freedom Ring" by Carla G

The second creative work in the Friends of the Springfield Woods Creative Challenge...

The Creative Challenge: From the "artifacts" found during the various cleanups, create a story or poem or graphic sequence which tells how it got in the Springfield Woods.
Creative works submitted will be published here on the blog. All rights are retained by the creators.

To submit your creative work, email: butchberry@hotmail.com and specify "Springfield Woods Creative Challenge" in the subject line.

the lost ring

The Springfield Woods Stream

Let Freedom Ring!

by Carla G

I am a Ruby Ring!
I once lived on the finger of a King!
Not a tough life,
But, still, I felt strife...

Suddenly! I decided that I wanted MORE!
So, one day, while my King and Lord Baltimore
were out on an evening stroll,
From my King's finger I fell,
And went on a roll
To FREEDOM!...

Well, times have changed,
And so have my moods.
I wish to be found now; saved!
Here, in the Springfield Woods!

Copyright 2013 Carla G

Want to graft a Tomato to a Potato? Here's how!

http://www.ehow.com/how_7647547_graft-tomatoes-onto-potatoes.html

Click the link to get a step by step method for grafting a tomato plant to a potato root for a different tasting fruit (yes, a tomato is a fruit!!).



Ehow.com's article on grafting tomatoes to potatoes

Update: Springfield Woods Cleanup: The JHU Presidents Day of Service!

 

The Friends of the Springfield Woods in Historic Wilson Park will participate in the Johns Hopkins University's President's Day of Service in a clean up of the Springfield Woods on Saturday, October 27th from 12 noon to 3 pm.  

Students, staff members and faculty members from JHU will join with community members to help restore the fresh water stream in the Springfield Woods, an urban forest located at Springfield Ave between the Alameda  and St. Georges Avenue.

Anyone can volunteer to help in the clean up by showing up ready to work by 12 noon.  Warning: Please wear shoes or boots that can get muddied! For further information call Butch Berry at 443-622-8224.

For further information on the Johns Hopkins University Presidents Day of Service go to:  http://www.jhu.edu/csc/events/presidentsdayofservice.shtml

  

Photos from the JHU Presidents Day Clean Up.

JHU Students arrived 20 strong to help clean the Springfield Woods stream.

Community resident and avid antique bottle collector Henashena Hayes
finds a treasure trove of old bottles from the stream banks. 

Phyllis, the orange spotted spider (in bottle)

The student volunteers from Johns Hopkins University

Trash and debris pulled out of stream and woods

Trash from the stream/woods

The spring "Before" 

The spring "After"