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It’s almost autumn, and Autumn get a chalk-talk drawing. In the background you can see two original chalk-talk drawings. MatWeb's conversion engine will return a list of other units with the ... MatWeb has also provided a conversion table for converting between English.Online Conversion is a resource for weights,metric conversion chartmeasures, calculators, converters.Looking for a conversion charts? You've found the right place. Here you can make online conversions (e.g. metric conversions) . These are on loan from Steven Scrimshaw and can be viewed in the Curious George Cottage Studio in Town Square.
Dan Newton enjoys a frigid, September dip in a pool at Waterville’s Flume.
Photos by Chris Hilke
On Saturday, September 1 the Rey Centerled it’s last mountain climate, ecology and stargazing overnight for 2007. We are grateful to Rey Center research coordinator Chris Hilke and meteorology intern Rachel Cloutier for their excellent work guiding and educating visitors. We are also grateful to the NH Space Consortium for its support of the Rey Center’s moutain ecology and climate programs, Booth Creek Holdings for allowing us to use the Shwendi Hutte, and the United States Forest Service.
To see more photos from the most recent two Tecumseh overnights, click here.?
Rey Center Trampers pause by rock steps built by the 2007 Sandwich Range Trail Crew.
We had a full day at the Studio, with visits from a families from different parts of the northeast. Friends from Long Island had been to Monteverde, Costa Rica, so they took home a Q for Quetzal. Jeremy asked for a rocket, so a rocket he got! (with George, of course) We talked about the Journey Saved Courious George, learning about the Rey’s escape from Paris in 1939.
Above: A courageous clan of Rey Center trampers cluster atop Mt. Israel.
To see more photos of the Mt. Israel expedition, click here.
The Community School in South Tamworth, NH is one of the Rey Center’s close partners. It provided the seedlings for the Curious Gourds Gardens for the last two years, and has given advice on the development of the Curious Gourds CSA. We are excited to hear of the Comunity Schools’ new Rural Sustainable Schools project.
The Community School of South Tamworth recently received $35,000 to fund work on its new initiative, The Rural Sustainable Schools project. Designed to shift the funding paradigm for rural schools, whether public or private, this model will directly connect curriculum based on sustainability themes and tied to nationally-accepted standards to the real-life management of a school¨s working assets.
Designed with John Cleveland of the Innovation Network for Communities, this new model for transforming rural education will educate students while it preserves and restores the community¨s ecosystems, helps build the social fabric of the community and maintain its cultural heritage, and contributes to local economic development. Continue reading ‘$35,000 Funds New Initiative at The Community School’
The above photo by Steven Scrimshaw is a 15 minute exposure from the Sandwich Mountain 
Farm. The length of the exposure allows the the stars to travel, and one can see their circular movement around the pole star ！ all except one celestial object (middle right) that is moving in a straight line. This is probably a meteor.
The colors of the stars can be more easily seen in this long exposure, especially in the blowup to the right (which also shows the meteor). Also note the orange/yellow glow on the horizon. This is light pollution from Lincoln, again more evident through the long exposure.
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) perched on a tree along the Sandwich Notch Road.
Rey Center President Al Larsson addresses the first annual members meeting of the Margret and H.A. Rey Center in Waterville Valley.
Above: Trail Crew leader Jack Powell at Fletcher Cascades.
The 2007 Sandwich Range Trail Crew is finished up the summer season on WVAIA trails this week. Under the excellent guidance of Trail Crew leader Jack Powell and technical advice from Ryan Harvey, this year’s cadre of Student Conservation Association (SCA) interns ！ Nathan Kish, Raphael Magarik, Justin Kinney！ and local volunteers performed more of the difficult and demanding “level II” trail work than any crew of recent years. There are many people and groups to thank: the NH Trails Bureau gave the Rey Center and the WVAIA a 21,000 grant; both the WVAIA and the Rey Center provided additional funding; the Town of Waterville Valley gave logistical and administrative support; Jenny Price of the United States Forest Service provided oversight and support; the White Mountain Athletic Club allowed the crew to shower at their facility.
Continue reading ‘Trail Crew Finishes up Work for the Season’
Curious George and the Man with the Yellow Hat visited Waterville Valley during the Curious George Cottage Family Festival over the weekend. Hundreds of people participated in a full Saturday of events for all ages. George almost made it up in a balloon: it was too windy for a ride, but he climbed in the basket and was ready to go!
The photos above were taken by Nat Scrimshaw. If you want to see a full range of photos from the day taken by photographer Willey Peckham, please go to http://curiousgeorgephotos.shutterfly.com Type in the password “WVV” (case sensitive) or www.curiousgeorgewvv.shutterfly.com (no password needed) and enjoy the photos. You may order prints through shutterfly.com. A big THANK YOU to Willey who donated his time and skills.
Continue reading ‘Curious George Comes to Waterville Valley’
The Curious George Cottage Festival closed with the Waterville Follies, an old Waterville tradition that invites community members to share their talents.? The 2007 Waterville Follies during the Curious George Cottage Family Festival were organized by the Waterville Valley Recreation Department and and co-hosted by Chris Barron and Tom Quakenbush.
The Rey Center also annouced the winners of the 2007 Raffle ！ click here to see who won!
Hikers rest in the Greeley Hill Gazebo on their way to Greeley Ledges.
As part of the Curious George Cottage Festival, parents and children got a chance to learn about the plants and insects one finds in NH forests ！ and meet George and the Man with the Yellow Hat along the way. Pictured above, Brenda and Preston Conklin were volunteer hosts at the Curious George Cottage were the Curious George Nature Trail is located.
Continue reading ‘Curiousity on the Curious George Nature Trail’
Above: Ed Lorenz shares his memories of Hans and Margret Rey at the Curious George Cottage Festival Breakfast.
An overflowing crowd of over 70 people attended Curious George Cottage Family Festival Breakfast. Nat Scrimshaw spoke of his memories of Hans and Margret and how the Rey Center is carrying on their legacy, and then invited others to share their memories.
We heard of Hans’ morning swims in the old pool in the 
North end of the Valley, including his pretending to be a turtle and giving rides to children. There was also the old drain pipe from which Hans magically threw his voice, convincing children they were speaking to little people living in the drain. We recalled nights looking at stars and walks in the woods. There the long conversations on history and politics and stories of escaping from Paris as the Nazis invaded. We recalled chalk-talks in the old Waterville Inn, and visits to Hans studio where he swiftly draw Curious George, Pretzel or Cecily G. Giraffe.
