Morris Arboretum

[spenceraloysius]

Freecycle is a pain in the butt because people don't come and pick up stuff when they say the will. After waiting around all Sunday morning for someone to come pick up a bookcase and a coffee table and not showing up, we went out to the Morris Arboretum to see this year's version of the Garden Railway. Honestly, not much changes in a year.

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[gencolson]

I rather like 12 and 29. What are those made out of, anyhow? Are they moulded?

[spenceraloysius]

Everything is made out of natural materials and the volunteers showed me their crib sheet that listed what each Architectural Wonder was made of, but I don't remember the items. Also, for some reason, this year's guidebook doesn't list the materials. At a guess, I'd say the Eiffel Tower (12) looked to make out of branches of some sort and the Lighthouse of Alexandria (29) looks to have honeysuckle, several different kinds of seed pods, and some kind of bark (hickory, pine and cedar have used on other structures in previous years)? All the buildings are coated in a resin to protect them from the weather.

[gencolson]

Ah ha. That's rather clever, and appropriate for an arboretum. Rather nifty. Shame it's not located near me. :)