On my way on Summit Avenue in Jersey City Heights on Saturday evening I saw that the gate to the Historic Reservoir #3 was open. Before I saw the open gate I saw people walking on the path around the reservoir and so I looked for the gate that I'd gone into before. There used to be two entrances to the reservoir, but now it seems there's only one, and luckily the area near that one was where I decided to look for the entrance. When I had walked in the reservoir in years past, the entrance had been closer to the corner of Summit Avenue where the park drive through road is, but this time that entrance was closed and there was another just a little distance away, closer to the middle of the road that goes through the park.
The first time I'd discovered an open gate at the reservoir, I'd been enchanted by the way it was possible to walk through the areas and get very close to the water and the trees and wildflowers growing there. This time around the reservoir itself was closed off by fencing, but there were places where the fencing was more open and in those spaces it was possible to see the beautiful moss covered water in the center more clearly.
Places like this are such a blessing to have in communities, places where people can walk and see nature in a way that is very personal and close, and where you can hear the sound of the leaves on the trees as the wind blows through and ruffles them. The sun seems to shine and to set and to cast its light in a different way in spaces like this, as if nature itself were being dressed in its golden light. As I walked through at the end of the day, the sun had just begun to set, and it was golden hour with a very rosy hue.
There have been many people over the years who have worked hard to volunteer and to advocate for this space to be available for the public, and I thank them all that we can have this peaceful space in the community, and that we can walk there as I did on a chance summer evening as the sun is just setting, and we can see nature in all its lovely array.
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