John Heinz Wildlife Refuge on a sunny day

Philadelphia Mummer's Parade

The Philadelphia New Years Mummers Parade is a true Philadelphia tradition. Originally a British thing, they no longer do this kind of thing in the UK. Philadelphia however, has kept it alive with some people who march along with their great grandkids. It is unapologetically full of sequins, drag, and over-the-top excess and you'd never otherwise suspect how many banjos are in the city area of Philadelphia.

Furness at UPENN

Philly is falling apart. The light posts are falling.

St. Mary's Church

Book Notes

Seems to be a rough draft...

Drexel

I love the amount of detail that put into this building!

Making an already cool and incongruous door even more interesting.

Back to my old tricks of taking pictures of churches! Despite my personal views and history with the Catholicism I was raised in, I just love the detail poured into places of worship.

Garden

Yes those are roses reaching 2 stories

I was fortunate to stay with a dancing teacher of mine who is very serious about gardening. They have crafted a beautiful calm idyll in their yard.

The original intention had been a simple photo shoot to record all the skirts I've made...that quickly changed

Morass

sticks being collected up

Louisa...looking cute.

Art Not Work!

Our Art Club tshirt design...(I'm standing in front of a aerial view of BMC)

Bartram Gardens

After dancing we wandered the gardens

Most awesome tulip ever

huge bedrock cider press next to the Schuylkill River

the main house...rather interesting architecturally

Seed House

Happy May Day! (Bartram Gardens)

Of course, after dancing the sun up, breakfast, dance in rittenhouse square, we danced in Bartram Gardens after lunch.


Cuckoo's Nest

Hey K-Men, how's the weather? "too hot for hats"

Scott, looking especially ferocious

Happy May Day! (Rittenhouse Square)

My college does its own May Day celebration complete with Morris, parades, Class May Poles, Senior Hoop Race, May Hole, and Scottish Country Dance Demo. I did all of the above and so have absolutely no pictures from my final May Day at Bryn Mawr, instead I danced my heart out, sprinted more than I thought capable,and successfully rolled a hoop all the way down senior row 5 minutes after learning how to do so.

So instead of BMC May Day, Nutting Girl in the middle of Rittenhouse Square


HIGHER!

As is rather typical of Renegades, only one person is doing the textbook caper.

Is the sun up yet? No? Let's dance!

I still am not quite clear why waking at 4.45am to dance in the middle of Fairmount Park is the highlight of Morris life but it is.

Kingsessing Men

Renegades! (obviously not my picture)

Swat youth longsword and the K-men's clown march on

and sunrise begins


May Pole

obviously I didn't take this group picture of the Renegades
And then, the Renegades do breakfast!

More flowers?! yes. more flowers.