Reporting by walking around - part 2 (photo essay)

Sunday afternoon, I took a good walk in the warm sunshine. Here are some photos captured along the walk.

The entrance to the former Pond St sewer plant. This is the entrance to the land now out looking for some responses to either one of two RFPs. One to lease the land for solar, two to purchase the land and develop it.

Starbucks is not yet open in its new location

Noodles is open and was quite busy this afternoon, very few parking spaces available.
What will Starbucks and whatever else is going in there do?

the curb cut on RT 140 allows a right turn into Starbucks and a right turn only exit

Curry House has its new sign up. Had photos of it when it first appeared but think I missed sharing it then

the site of the proposed Horace Mann statue. While 150 Emmons has been sold, some of the land on this corner has been rettained for the statue and some greenspace

The committee to work on the Horace Mann statue is to be created at the Town Council meeting on Wednesday and then members appointed.

Beautification Day was held Saturday and the results can be seen around downtown Franklin

Thanks to the Downtown Partnership and all the volunteers and sponsors for helping to make Frankin  look really nice!

in just a couple of weeks, the canopy cover has returned as the trees have filled out with leaves

well, some trees are not filling out. Falling victim to one of more of the diseases or infestations of those creepy crawling inch worms, etc.

Some trees appear to be more affected than others. While rows of trees along the road are now bare or barely surviving. 

Reporting by walking around (photo essay)

On Saturday, I took a good walk around town and took photos of what I found. I'll added a couple that I had not shared from a prior weekend walk.

colorful annuals for sale at Agway on Cottage St

The Franklin Garden Club is busy freshening up the flower beds on the Town Common

tree loosing its bark at Spring Pond on Washington St

nesting swans also at Spring Pond on Washington St

the Franklin Community Garden is starting to show green

warm enough to have the doors open at Fire House #2 on King St

advertising the HMEA 5K at the Franklin Industrial Park entrance off King St

and two from a prior weekend walk

banners now hanging on the walls at Franklin High School

grading the area where the new artificial turf field is scheduled to go at Franklin High School

some info on the nesting swans

How long do swans sit on their eggs?After the nest has been built, which typically takes 2-3 weeks, the egg laying process begins with an egg being laid every 12-24 hours. Once all the eggs have been laid, which can take 2-3 weeks, they will all be incubated (ie sat on to start the growth process) at the same time with hatching usually 42 days (6 weeks) later.

http://www.theswansanctuary.org.uk/faq.php

Saturday's Walk about Franklin (photo essay)

The 5th Grade Spring Cleanup was in full swing at Parmenter School. I made a loop around town coming back to Parmenter to check on the baseball field at the end of the walk.

car wash

DPW hydrant flushing

DPW rolling the real turf at Fletcher Field

feeder stream to Mine Brook

the big tree at Dean College

The Library on a sunny breezy day

how are the new sidewalks going to be ADA compliant?

how are the new sidewalks going to be ADA compliant?

home plate on Saturday at Parmenter still had ice (it was gone Sunday)

Walking around Franklin (photo essay)

As the snow recedes, the sidewalks are visible and useable. Signs of spring were noticed on Sunday afternoon's walk but still hidden in the light snow on Saturday morning's walk.

Saturday

The FEF Trivia Bee is scheduled for April 8

as snow recedes we find the casualties of winter

the snow makes interesting shapes as it melts

almost ready for kids to play on!

sign replaced (finally) at the Library

 Sunday

the hockey nets are about to go under

signs of spring

Spring Lake (along Washington St) is starting to lose its ice cover

the Community Gardens are still resting under snow

this tree is starting to bud!

Franklin in the snow

Safe walking around town has been challenged by the lack of passable sidewalks. Photo ops have also been limited as once you seen the white snow, what else is there?

Ah, there is more if you look closely. 

Join me on the adventures around town. Since I am catching up to this, not all the photos are from the same walk. 

Community room entrance at Cnetral Park Terrace

Emmons St from Dean looking towards Main St

Federated Church keeps the faith!

There's a fire hydrant under there

the earth breath freezes

You want me to puch the button to walk?

the Town Common is lovely in snow

why search for the paper in the snow when you can subscribe to
Franklin Matters and get it in your email once each day

Franklin in Snow

Even I'll admit that the snow is getting tiresome. It is pretty and we have been very fortunate not to lose power through all these storms (and I hope this doesn't jinx us). But it is also disrupting life. I stuck to mostly the sideroads as the side walks are buried while making my morning exercise walk around Franklin on Monday. 

cars are now hidden in driveways with the snow piling up so high on either side

Be careful driving on side streets and expecially coming out from the side streets on to the main roads. What you used to be able to see may not allow you that view today

fortunately school is out this week so DPW has time to catch up to clearing them

the new tot lot is getting buried deeper and deeper in the snow

even the sign at Dean is getting hidden by the snow

While the sign gets buried, the Library stands tall above the snow

a monster icicle at Clark Cutler on Fisher St

The train hadn't gone to Forge Park yet that morning

the wind has added its influence to the snow piles

Wachusett St is shining in the sunlight

the wind creates its own sculptures