On Sunday, we went to an amazing children's play site -- the Smith Playground in Fairmont Park. This is a wonderful outdoor and indoor playground that has been open since 1899, established by Richard and Sarah Smith in memory of their child, Stanfield. They wanted to build a safe place in (what was then) the country where children from the city could come to play, free of charge. I gather that is has recently reopened -- certainly much of the outdoor area looked brand new. The Giant slide and the Playhouse itself are charmingly reminiscent of an older time. The slide is slippery -- and fast -- I've got the skin burns to show for it.
Sunday pm we went for a walk with Nancy and cousin Bill in a recently established nature conservancy on property originally owned by the Haas family of Rohm and Haas. Very cool to feel like you were out in nature in this increasingly settled exurb of Philly (Devon area). Sunday night was dinner at aunt Marilyn's and it was, again, really nice to be with the whole family.
