Duke Farms

Bridge in Duke Farms, Hillsborough

Waterfall in Duke Farms, Hillsborough

Mermaid sculpture, Duke Farms, Hillsborough

Hutcheson Forest, April 3, 2011

Holly Vuong, Rutgers disease ecologist, explains how black-legged ticks spread Lyme Disease between animals and human beings. Here, Ms. Vuong describes how a tick-drag works.














Dragging for ticks.


Examining the drag for ticks.


A vial [vile?] of ticks.




Man-made habitat for wood-dwelling bees.


Bee larvae.


What kind of bee is it?


Caretaker's cottage.

Hutcheson Forest, December 2010

I tried taking a close-up of a tiny berry, and instead captured this image of a ghostly red orb.




The art of decomposition.

Mill Brook

Mill Road Bridge

Mill Brook flowing under the Mill Road Bridge.



Reflections on the Mill Brook.



Another informative "Eco-Tours of Edison" trek.





There once were houses here - hence the hydrants.





Graffiti under the sewer pipe.

Middlesex Greenway

"Rails to Trails" - Hiking the old Lehigh Vally railbed
with "Eco-Tours of Edison"
The Middlesex Greenway, part of the East Coast Greenway

Under Lake Avenue in Metuchen.

The Troll of Lake Avenue Bridge.

"Don Kahn's Footbridge" in Metuchen. The late Don Kahn was a champion of environmental causes, and is fondly remembered - and missed - by many.

Under Main Street, Metuchen.



No amount of mud could stop us.

A bamboo grove in the tropical South of Edison.

The trail crosses Jackson Avenue in Edison.


Monitoring Route 1 for speeders.

The Route 1 footbridge, from Edison to Edison.

My knowledge of the nuts and bolts of nuts and bolts has gotten a bit rusty.

Watchung Reservation