Fern Gully-ed Again

A few weeks ago, I posted a picture of a pile of trees that have been cut down inside the PFA so that it can be landscaped in a historically accurate manner. Now there is an enormous pile of wood chips there aka a larger than life composting experiment!  Unfortunately, the Fern Gully-ing doesn’t stop [...]

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Planet Gazing

On the retreat last weekend, a bunch of us were trying to identify which of the stars were actually planets. Nobody knew, but we did come up with some questions: Do the planets appear to be in a straight line? Do the planets twinkle or not? Can you tell by the color? I haven’t figured [...]

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Fern Gully 2: The Last Palace of Fine Arts Lagoon Forest

the inside of the rotunda currently houses an enormous pile of cut down trees, which makes me sad. why did they get the ax? where is the wood going to go? and what will happen to the fairies that used to inhabit these trees?

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“I think it’s quite wonderful that we don’t mind losing some control.”

Last summer during camp, Ryan and I found a book of Frank quotes. One quote in particular stood out- it was about Frank talking to the architects about what kind of museum he wanted to build. It was cool to reflect on his thoughts at a time when the museum is once again having many [...]

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