Nature has come into her own again. In Independence National Historical Park, local artist Winifred Lutz has been helping it along. As part of her summer-long project to reveal something about Dock Creek, which once wended its way through the area, Lutz has marked out a portion of the creek with chalk lines.
But there's a shallow scar in the earth, too, a lingering reminder of the creek's path. With recent days of heavy rains, a few inches of water have gathered there, suggesting the appearance of what was once the creek's bed.
And Lutz is keeping the National Park Service's lawn-cutters away. This photo shows grass growing tall, outlining the creek's shape in a deep green swath of new blades and spikelets.
The American Philosophical Society has prepared a written piece explaining Lutz's project.
