The Statue of Hope getting its annual cleaning - July 1. The Carrara marble is soft and needs to be handled very carefully. Fortunately, Louise (in blue top, on right) is an expert on this kind of work. Click on the picture for more about the statue. |
Neighboring town photos for July - This month from Grafton. The beach pictures are from Silver Lake next to Route 140. The historic marker is near the Civil War monument in Grafton Center. |
Town park wall. |
Helicopter over my rhododendron - looking for someone, evidently. It hovered for some time up over Route 140 near Fallon Clinic around 9 am, July 6. Maybe they were looking for the mailbox building arsonist. Not long after taking this picture, I saw a policeman with a dog walking along 140 near DeLuca Road. Update |
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Hopedale Pond - July 7. |
The playground at Town Park on the evening of July 13. The band concert had been postponed, but the weather cleared up and it was a good night for swings and slides. |
Fire department drill at Hopedale Pond on the evening of July 13. Photo on left shows '"victim" in the water. Also shown are canoes and kayaks that are available for rent at the pond on Wednesday evenings. |
Band concert - July 14. Music by "Drama." Canoes and kayaks for rent at the pond on concert nights. Only $3 per person, I was told. |
Indian-pipe, by the Parklands road near Freedom Street. |
When I was a kid, building huts in the woods was a favorite activity. Here's a recently built one in the Parklands. |
Kent Kochon leads the Fantasy Big Band during the July 20 concert. |
A couple of Bradford pear trees were taken down on Dutcher Street on July 26. |
