I Met a Yellow Daffodil Kristen McCauley, Senior Manager of Education and Interpretation “When the bulbous plants break through the crust of winter, then Spring, evasive, whimsical and wild in her ways, cannot be gainsaid.” The Craftsman, March 1914. In early spring, the bright pink and yellow blooms of spring ephemerals spread like confetti over …
Peach Season By Kristen McCauley, Senior Manager of Education and Interpretation Don’t you just love the summery sight of a bowl of brightly colored, fresh-picked peaches on the kitchen counter? It’s peach season here in NJ and we’re looking at the history of the New Jersey peach, and its connection to Gustav Stickley’s early twentieth …
By: Kristen McCauley,Senior Manager of Education & Interpretation In honor of Bat Week, and Halloween right around the corner, we’ve… well, we’ve gone a little batty! You might say, we’ve got bats-in-the-belfry! A turn-of-phrase that dates to the early 20th century. In fact, one early example of the phrase appearing in print is in Elbert …