platt park- happy 100th birthday
a few weekends ago the large park near our house, which is directly adjacent to our church, celebrated its 100 year anniversary. people were excited for the rain to have held off, and we managed to stroll through the festivities on our way back home after church.
the fluffy pink stuff on the side of the path is the gathering of the petals that have fallen off of some of the first blossoming trees here. i saw a little girl playing in them as if they were fairy dust.
of course we got a little snack to take with us- nothing too exciting, just wedges (zeke’s is topped with hummus/humous).
this is the dedication of the park on 7 April, 1910.
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and here is our church, looking the same now as it looked when the park was dedicated.
and here are inaugural boat trips in the park. a large lake was cultivated in the park as a civic project to help the large number of recently unemployed local men earn wages.
don’t you love seeing people in top hats boating around a lake?
