Monthly Archives: March 2020

My magnolia tree is going mad! what delicious blossoming: on branches bare a month ago this blush, first flush of Spring, on limbs unburdened by their weight not buds, but birds, burgeoning: rose-pink breasted, moon-white crested fledglings and doting pairs, … Continue reading →

 Let us whir with the golden spoke-wheels Of the sun. For tomorrow Winter drops into the waste-basket,               And the calendar calls it March.                                                                                          – Amy Lowell (Lot # 3401 Bellwort Path) The scientific definition of the beginning of spring … Continue reading →

Work will begin in February 2020 on the second phase of a two-year exterior masonry repair project at Story Chapel.  The project includes rebuilding many of the building’s stone buttresses, extensive repairs to the chapel’s chancel wall, and 100% repointing … Continue reading →

Urban Bat Diversity and Activity Study, Mount Auburn Cemetery, June 5, 2019.  Lesley University researcher Chris Richardson retrieves and bands a Big Brown Bat caught in a mist net at Auburn Lake.  He then performs a physical examination of the … Continue reading →