Pond Stories: Don’t Take The Ponds Away From The Kids
My husband and I moved to Cape Cod several years ago to be closer to family and to raise our children with a strong connection to the natural world. We would drive past the airfield in Marstons Mills and always had a sense we would end up living somewhere nearby. We...
Pond Stories: Ripple Effects
Years ago, I had a neighbor who would literally strap himself with a plastic backpack full of herbicides and eradicate all of his “weeds.” A summer person mostly, he’d taken to living here on John’s Pond year-round for some reason or another....
Pond Stories: Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage on WBZ TV!
Kudos to the Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage (OLAUG) getting on WBZ TV! The OLAUG is led by Susan Baur, aka “the turtle lady.” Her love of swimming in the Cape’s ponds has inspired her to be an advocate for our ponds. To that end, she has written and illustrated...
Pond Stories: Crocker Pond, Falmouth
Thanks to Milt Williamson of West Falmouth for this beautiful picture of Crocker Pond. Historic Bourne Farm is located on over 49 acres of fields, trails and woodlands that overlook Crocker Pond in West Falmouth. When we asked Milt about what he loves most about the...
Pond Stories: Looking Out Over Deans Pond, Popponesset
This poem by 15 year old Alex Macey, was written about Dean’s Pond in Mashpee. A few weeks ago, he had to adhere to a poetic style for an assignment. Alex is a sophomore at St Johns Prep in Danvers, and wrote the poem from the perspective of sitting on his...