The Joyce Road Neighborhood

Today was another busy day of pipeline activity on both pipelines. Wesauking Pipeline The 12 inch valve/"pig receiver" assembly w...

The Birds-foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) is starting to bloom. This perennial member of the pea family, Fabaceae , is used in agricul...

Lots of activity on both pipelines today. Wilmot Pipeline With the hydrostatic testing complete on the 24 inch pipeline, the water used duri...

The turtles are on the move! For a least three times this week I've had to help Eastern Painter Turtles ( Chrysemys picta picta ) acros...

The hydrostatic test of the 24 inch pipeline was successful and the control/monitoring truck is gone. The finial test pressure of 2,100 PSI ...

Maureen Brady's field, next to our barn, is a bright yellow from thousands of buttercups.

After last weekend's problems during hydrostatic testing, caused by leaking gaskets on the 20 inch "pig launcher", the crew i...

There was a lot of pipeline activity on our property today with work being done on both the Wesauking and Wilmot Pipelines. Wilmot Pipeline ...

The Common Fleabane ( Erigeron philadelphicus ) is starting to bloom. This small, less than 1 inch, daisy like flower is a member of the A...

The welding crew was busy today making modifications to a section of 24 inch pipe that will connect the "pig launcher" with the pi...

After a couple days of rainy weather today's sunshine and blue sky were good news for the placement of the 24 inch valve assembly (...

I found this patch of wild Forget-me-nots ( Myosotis scorpioides ) growing near the creek behind our house. The flower is about 1/4 inches...