Photo by Genie McPerson Trevor By ANNE M. HAMILTON Special to The Courant January 25, 2015 Penelope Chester Sharp could often be seen with a jeweler's loupe and a camera roaming the shoreline or the trap rock ridges of Connecticut in search of plants... [button link="http://www.courant.com/hc-extraordinary-life-penelope-sharp-0125-20150123-story.html#page=1" color="blue" target="_blank" size="medium" title="Read Full Story"]Read
The Board of Trustees of Fishers Island’s H.L. Ferguson Museum announced on December 23 that Elizabeth McCance has been unanimously elected as the President of the Museum, effective immediately. She graciously accepted her new position.
The museum will be closed to all visitors during renovations effective January 5, 2015. The date of reopening will be posted in the spring or early summer.
At the close of 2014, Charlie was still at Maria la Baja (a town in Bolívar Department in northern Colombia), where he migrated to from Fishers Island in the fall - and had reached on October 5. Most of his days are spent between Lake Maria la Baja and a smaller lake to the northwest in
All who are associated with the Museum are deeply saddened by the untimely death of our beloved president, Penelope C. Sharp. “Penni,”
The Museum is embarking upon a major project: the completion of our second floor and the addition of a handicap access elevator lift.
Please join us
Tuesday, December 23rd
5:00 – 7:00 pm
Friday, November 28, 2014
2:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Meet at the Museum before proceeding to the Nature Trails
For almost a month now, Charlie has been staying in Maria la Baja, Bolivar, Colombia. He appears to spend most of his days near a lake (Cienaga Maria La Baja) and his nights to the east near Mampujan (just south of Las Mercedes in Genova, Quindio, Colombia). [raw] [one_third] Maria la Baja, Bolivar, Colombia
9/12/14 MIGRATION DAY 1: Charlie spends the his final 2014 early morning on Fishers Island, at the trees on Winthrop, then by 7 a.m., he heads south towards Gardiners Island. He spends from 7:30 - 9:30 a.m. just west and south of Tobaccolot Pond, then continues further south to reach Long Island before 10 a.m.
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F.I. Sketchbook 2005