Walkers in the late afternoon sun

Thursday
Another beautiful sunny day after a cold frosty start, and today the temperature made it a little higher, so it was quite pleasant when I was out walking this afternoon at Voice of America Park in West Chester. The land used to be the Voice of America's Bethany Relay Station which, starting in 1944 during World War II transmitted American radio programming abroad on shortwave frequencies. The site was originally developed to provide 'fallback' transmission facilities inland and away from the East Coast, where transmitters were located in Massachusetts, on Long Island in New York, and in New Jersey, all close to the ocean, subject to attack from German submarines or other invading forces. The station remained in operation until 1994. Programming originated from studios in New York until 1954, when VOA headquarters moved to Washington. Now, the park has a lake, with row boat and pedal boat rental, and fishing platforms, a banquet facility, reservable gazebo, natural areas, athletic fields, dog Park, a walking/biking path, and a sledding hill for the winter season. It is also the site of an annual Kite Fest.
This evening was hand bell practice, which didn't go very well, especially the Joyful Noise choir - it was as if some people had never seen the music before! This was rather worrying since we play next Thursday at Mason Christian Village retirement community and again the following Sunday in church - at the last service in our current sanctuary, so our director has scheduled an extra rehearsal next Tuesday evening - hopefully that will go a bit better!

One year ago: Project in progress