August 28, 2010
August 15, 2010
William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest
Moth on napweed.
"Greetings, earthlings," says the bag worm, whose
Professor Struwe of the Rutgers University School of Environmental and Biological Sciences was a great teacher.
August 8, 2010
The Cooper Grist Mill
on the Black River, in Chester, N.J.
The Cooper Mill is is a functioning grist mill, restored, maintained and operated by the Morris County Park Commission. Click on the triangle at the lower left-hand corner of each video to see (and hear) how the components of the grist mill work when the water wheel is activated.
The sluice-gate is opened and the weight of the faling water causes the wheel to turn ...
... driving the gears and pulleys inside the mill.
It was grinding work!
No, they're not cookies. This is a functioning checkerboard from the 19th century utilizing what was, for its time, the latest in gaming technology. The pieces are slices of corn-cob, with a hole in middle for "red" and no hole for "black". (Or maybe it's the other way around.)
Mr. Cooper has been managing the mill since the 19th century, yet he seems at home in the 21st.
Cups on the leather belt lift the grain to the upper floor of the building.
Drive shafts spin ...
... belts on pulleys pull ...
... drive wheels rotate ...
The grain falls into the spinning millstone. The upper stone spins ...
... and out comes flour!
Grinding by hand was a lot harder.
The mill-pond provides the water to power the water-wheel.
The Morris County Park Commission gives a great tour of the mill. You'll see history come alive and you'll learn a lot.
The Cooper Mill is is a functioning grist mill, restored, maintained and operated by the Morris County Park Commission. Click on the triangle at the lower left-hand corner of each video to see (and hear) how the components of the grist mill work when the water wheel is activated.
The sluice-gate is opened and the weight of the faling water causes the wheel to turn ...
... driving the gears and pulleys inside the mill.
It was grinding work!
No, they're not cookies. This is a functioning checkerboard from the 19th century utilizing what was, for its time, the latest in gaming technology. The pieces are slices of corn-cob, with a hole in middle for "red" and no hole for "black". (Or maybe it's the other way around.)
Mr. Cooper has been managing the mill since the 19th century, yet he seems at home in the 21st.
Cups on the leather belt lift the grain to the upper floor of the building.
Drive shafts spin ...
... belts on pulleys pull ...
... drive wheels rotate ...
The grain falls into the spinning millstone. The upper stone spins ...
... and out comes flour!
Grinding by hand was a lot harder.
The mill-pond provides the water to power the water-wheel.
The Morris County Park Commission gives a great tour of the mill. You'll see history come alive and you'll learn a lot.
The Old Farm
Alstede Farm in Chester, Morris County, N.J.
These old tractors are perfect for harvesting grain for the historic Cooper's Grist Mill up the road.
These old tractors are perfect for harvesting grain for the historic Cooper's Grist Mill up the road.
Hacklebarney State Park, August 2010
To see who went on the Hacklebarney hike, click here.
To hear the brook babble, click on the little triangle.
What do you mean it's not edible?
To hear the brook babble, click on the little triangle.
What do you mean it's not edible?
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