photo by Tim Brown
From a press release:
“Join the National Park Service for the 2023 Lotus and Water Lily Festival at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens. Experience the annual blooming of lotus and water lily flowers, enjoy music and dance performances, arts and crafts, ranger-led tours, and more! The festival will begin Saturday, July 15 and runs through Saturday, July 22 with extended, nighttime hours on Thursday, Friday and both Saturdays! Read More
From MPD:
“The pup has been found! Thank you to everyone who submitted tips to help find this furry friend!
We’re still looking for the suspect in this case. If you have any info, please reach out to (202) 727-9099, or text 50411.”
From MPD:
“Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Sixth District seek the public’s assistance in locating a dog stolen in an Armed Robbery (Gun) offense that occurred on Wednesday, October 12, 2022, in the 4500 block of Polk Street, Northeast Read More
Extend the Line Full Video from Liam Gideon on Vimeo.
From Friends of the DC Streetcar: “The second is our award-winning transportation equity video series that we helped produce which shows why the streetcar extension is a transit equity issue. Produced with an all ward 7 crew and cast. Liam Gideon was lead producer.” Read More
Thanks to Walter for sending: “looks like NPS put out some signs to warn about Turkeys on the ART.”
Ed. Note: In November 2021 a reader recounted another incident on the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail near the aquatic gardens. More recently in February a reader recounted an unprovoked attack “had to get a tetanus shot and antibiotics”. In response to that post I received multiple messages about similar incidents.
“Dear PoPville,
I thought people would be interested to see a wild turkey that attacked me on the Anacostia trail last night (Wednesday). I ended up at urgent care with puncture wounds on my legs and I had to get a tetanus shot and antibiotics. Read More
“Dear PoPville,
I was running on the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail near the aquatic gardens early this morning when I spotted a huge turkey sitting in the middle of the trail. Here’s a video I captured while still in the “what a lovely bird” mindset.
But it just kept walking towards me, so I decided I’d better be on my way and turned to run in the other direction. But it followed me–chased is the better word. And when I realized, looking panicked over my shoulder, that it was closing in on me like a velociraptor road runner, I saw that I definitely could not out-run a turkey and probably shouldn’t try to. So I stopped and yelled “I’m a vegetarian!”, Read More
via MPD
From MPD:
“Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Sixth District announce a wanted suspect has been apprehended for an Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Gun) offense that occurred on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, in the 1600 block of Eastern Avenue, Northeast.
At approximately 5:01 pm, members of the Sixth District responded to the listed location for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, members located an adult female victim suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene and transported the victim to an area hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. Read More
Photo by Tim Brown
From the National Park Service:
“It’s almost peak bloom at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens! The National Park Service invites you to join us online to celebrate the blooming of the lotus and water lilies at the 2021 Virtual Lotus and Water Lily Festival. The online festivities officially kick off on July 8 and feature videos, activities and interactive events through the end of the month. Online events can be found on the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens Facebook, and the Lotus and Water Lily Festival website.
Online events and activities will include: Read More
still via YouTube by Raphael Williams full video below
Holy moly, thanks to Eric for passing on video of yesterday’s bridge collapse from YouTube by Raphael Williams: Read More
