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Sketching Out: Sketches of art, watercolor, photos, recipes, books, interviews, Jewish topics, and Highland Park, New Jersey

Category: Central New Jersey

day trips, businesses, events, near Highland Park or New Brunswick or Edison

Colorful Watercolor Landscape of Pond

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I posted this colorful landscape of a pond near my work (on Instagram and then on Facebook) – I called it “fake.” A friend said, no, it is real. Another friend suggested we might end up with an debate on what is considered to be real and what is considered to be fake. It is […]

Filed in: art, Central New Jersey Tagged: watercolor(1 Comment)

Tea Parties and Teapot Sketches

tea party, Alice performance in Rutgers Gardens

Meet the Dormouse and Mad Hatter. Enjoy a tea party table in Rutgers Gardens, New Jersey. See teapot sketches – pencil drawing and colored pencils.

Filed in: art, Central New Jersey Tagged: Rutgers Gardens(8 Comments)

Swamp, Lake or Golf Course?

orange wildflowers near swamp

Near Jersey Shore: is it a swamp, lake or golf course? See orange and yellow wildflowers and lily pads. A log in the water. Kale germinates at home.

Filed in: Central New Jersey, nature(10 Comments)

Sandy Hook: Nature and History

mortary at Sandy Hook, NJ

Sandy Hook is a peninsula at the top of Jersey Shore with ocean beaches and little cove beaches. At the far end is a lighthouse and historical buildings. See horseshoe crabs, lighthouse, mortar battery and scenery.

Filed in: Central New Jersey, day trips, nature Tagged: horseshoe crab • Sandy Hook(8 Comments)

Shakespeare at Rutgers Gardens

Puck

Midsummer Night’s Dream, play by Shakespeare, was performed at Rutgers Gardens in New Brunswick, NJ. Puck, Hermia, Demetrius, Lysander, Helena, Oberon and Titania are some of the characters.

Filed in: Central New Jersey, day trips, drama Tagged: Rutgers Gardens(12 Comments)

Rutgers Plant Sale: Snapdragon, Petunia

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Every year in early May there is a wonderful plant sale at Rutgers Gardens. I bought: snapdragons, petunias, Rutgers tomato plants, two kinds of rosemary and some broccoli plants. Last year: hydrangea

Filed in: Central New Jersey, gardening, green, nature Tagged: petunia • Rutgers • Rutgers Gardens • snapdragon(20 Comments)

Melting Candles, Daikons and Raritan Avenue

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Marchers in support of Israel on Raritan Avenue in Highland Park, a video with melting candles and fermenting daikons

Filed in: Central New Jersey, family, Highland Park, Jewish Tagged: film • Raritan Avenue(4 Comments)

Rutgers Gardens in October

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October Rutgers Gardens post shows Gomphrena globosa, bench in rain garden, chipmunk, Raritan River foliage and Donald B. Lacy Display garden

Filed in: Central New Jersey, day trips, nature Tagged: Raritan River • Rutgers Gardens(24 Comments)

Thursday Theme: Blurry

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Rutgers Gardens – pom pom flowers and chipmunk that moves and causes blur in a camera. A fun trip with Hannah Katsman who saw the chipmunks.

Filed in: Central New Jersey, day trips, photography Tagged: Rutgers Gardens(19 Comments)

Seagulls at Point Pleasant Beach

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Seagulls at Point Pleasant Beach in New Jersey: jumping seagull, flying seagulls, seagull pose for camera, seagull eats and seagulls stare.

Filed in: Central New Jersey, day trips, nature(26 Comments)

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