Tracing history: War route

On Quaker Road at high noon: "Route of Washington's march by night from Trenton to Princeton and victory January 3, 1777." The battlefield is beyond the trees. A Quaker site was also founded here in the 1690s. 

October theme day: Silhouettes

Silhouette "self-portrait" with my giant tote bag, near the Institute for Advanced Study (Einstein's old haunt). With pine cones on the ground, it's beginning to look like autumn - a lovely season.

~See more CDPB Theme Day entries here.~

Back from work travels...

Home at last! I look forward to visiting and catching-up on your photos! Meantime, here's a wee "Pooh" stump from Cambridge, Massachusetts (outside Harvard University's Science Center, back story here) - only because I've not been able to take Princeton photos for days, and this stump was rather sweet!:) 

Fresh harvest

{Watermelons and cantaloupe, in season through September}

It's hard to resist these roadside farm stands. Everything smells of fresh sunshine and earth. I'm signing off for the week because of work travel, but will be back soon - enjoy your week!

Weekend explorations: Whimsical Tribeca

Why hello sweet little statue. New York's Tribeca is now a trendy area where celebrities live, but once upon a time was an industrial and artists' enclave with cheap rent. This fellow seemed to recall that bohemian past.

"O, what a place for a lake!"

{Lake Carnegie and dam on the Millstone River}

Industrialist Andrew Carnegie reportedly uttered those words when he saw this area. Carnegie's gift, the construction of  Lake Carnegie, provided a great place to row, ice skate, sail...or just soak up some sun.

~Hope yours is a sunny weekend!~

Al fresco

Relaxing over lunch at the local dairy farm, with cheeses made on-site. Our days are still warm, but evenings are noticeably cooler.

The 1830s canal

Canal, lock and locktender's house

The Delaware and Raritan Canal, built 1830-34, now offers a trail for walking and biking. Hand-dug by Irish immigrants working in difficult conditions, the 66-mile canal ran for 100 years, floating mule-towed barges and steamboats.

Lock #8 here is a pleasant 2.5 mile walk from Princeton. One of the first commercial uses of the telegraph ("the Victorian internet") was at this locktender's house and station - to wire canal traffic reports!

Standing on the canal lock.