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The best news in a year

admin — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:14:37 +0000

Spencer’s Run, the Waveny Park Dog run is open. The ‘best’ news of the year is a change, almost undetected by visitors. Large stones have been pressed into the ‘new’ grass areas, providing traction and drainage.

Spencer’s Run had been seasonally locked down. When it opened this Spring visitors were relieved but wary… would it remain open on rainy days?

Thankfully, this post comes after visiting the Waveny dog park five rainy days in a row. These post are always accompanied by pictures but the joy of an open dog park is newsworthy.

Everyone I have talked to at Spencer’s Run exercises their pet regardless of rain, sleet, hail or snow. Leave it open. Our dogs don’t care if it’s 20º and hailing… or a lovely 50º Springtime rain shower. We dog owners are used to getting slobered on, jumped on, brushed against… Walking a dog in white pants is like throwing rocks when you live at 856 Ponus Ridge.

Thanks for pressing stone into the grass, if it lets us use the park, press it in.

Spencer’s Run will close Friday afternoon Feb. 6.

admin — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:59:47 +0000

Spencer’s Run dog park news:
Look out Rowayton! With news that Spencer’s Run in Waveny Park would be closing until Spring, visitors to New Canaan’s dog park were asking directions to nearby runs that don’t have the pathetic requirements New Canaan’s ‘public’ dog park faces. Rowayton’s bland run seems to be popular with Cranbury Park’s open woodland in Norwalk, CT a close second.

How to free up parking for the Waveny Paddle Courts? How to frustrate hundreds of weekly visitors? Nice big orange CLOSED sign stuffed into the gate. Nice chain and padlock. Nice beautiful weather in a gorgeous town park on a lovely February weekend.

On Wednesday I heard a great suggestion. If the town cut Spencer’s Run in half, the lower half that doesnt’ suffer from grass issues could be used for a dog park and the upper half could be returned to it’s natural condition. This would please the growing group of citizens concerned about Waveny’s dwindling landscape. Imagine admiting one’s errors and returning several acres to God.

Dear God,

You did a marvelous job with this land throughout the ages. We stole a bit of it for ourselves but we can’t even grow grass. Therefore we humbly return the land to the care of a professional.
Sincerely, Waveny Park.

It’s not my responsibility, I just don’t care.

admin — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:26:21 +0000

I apologize in advance for whining but I really hate it when people park on the grass when there are huge parking areas bordering the fields.
The No Parking signs don’t apply to you?

Is that the only time you get to use your $65,000 4×4 status symbol “offroad”?

Who cares? Go on… drop your flakes of rust and drip your toxins, kill the grass and damage the roots of the trees permanently. As soon as all the trees and grass are gone, you know what we’ll have?
A perfect parking lot. Enjoy.