March6-CleanupDay

March 6 was cleanup day.   I took my camera.   First is  a series of photos of the cleanup workers, both staff and residents.   Next, a photo of the "dog lady"  walking her six dogs.  I found out that she's from the  Puppies and More Rescue in Marlton.  She has adopted six dogs, and she fosters dogs that are waiting for adoption.   In the last two weeks the shelter has placed about 20 dogs.  They receive quite a few dogs from Ohio which does not have any no-kill shelters.  This week they've been receiving dogs from Kansas where there have been some terrible tornadoes.   Then I went to The Island and took some photos of emerging Skunk Cabbage.  I'd seen photos of the the spadix of flowers inside the spathe, but this is the first time I'd looked inside the spathes to see the spadices.    Walking back  through the berm I saw Craig Gower dumping the trash into the Waste Management dumpster.  He uses a back hoe to pick up the trash from the wind-protected cinder-block  "cage"  (my word), where trash is placed by maintenance crews.   Craig has worked at Medford Leas for 30 years.  He collects trash from Bridlington, Rushmore, and Lumberton Community Center; Kevin Crain collects trash from the courts.

Bill Conte and Bob Costigan

Ila Jane and Ruth

Holger

John

Herb Minkus

Dog lady -- and six dogs 

Skunk cabbage --

Craig Gower moving trash -