Everyone, The blue markings are positioned on trees throughout Highland Park.  The spots are made with chalk and are easily removed.  Evidently, there was a running event yesterday and the course was marked with the blue dots. We were performing trail work in the park yesterday when 40 people ran past us along the blue dot marked trail.  Here's more info about the running group: http://pgh-h3.com/wp/ BTW, if anyone is interested in helping out with the development of new trails in HP, there is a workday scheduled on Saturday May 12th from 9:00AM - noon. There will be another announcement with the exact meeting location but it will probably be across the street from the pool entrance.  Sign up to receive notifications for all trail maintenance days on the Pittsburgh Trails Advocacy Group (PTAG) website: http://www.ptagtrails.org/ Thanks, Rob   Robert Pell - 402 South Lang Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15208 - 412-337-8271 www.thegreatalleghenypassage.com ________________________________ From: "neighborhood-request@highlandparkpa.com" <neighborhood-request@highlandparkpa.com> To: neighborhood@highlandparkpa.com Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 10:31 AM Subject: Neighborhood Digest, Vol 102, Issue 140 ----- Forwarded Message ----- Send Neighborhood mailing list submissions to     neighborhood@highlandparkpa.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit     http://lists.highlandparkpa.com/mailman/listinfo/neighborhood or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to     neighborhood-request@highlandparkpa.com You can reach the person managing the list at     neighborhood-owner@highlandparkpa.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Neighborhood digest..." Today's Topics:   1. Toddler Goods Moving Sale;    2-3T Clothes and 2 Ikea Beds       (Brian Shope)   2. Blue Spot on Tree (Joe McLaughlin)   3. Pine tree sap (Jayanth Shreedhara)   4. late night fireworks (Jack and Liz Buchanan)   5. berries (Irina Livezeanu) Hey HP-er's, We're moving, and downsizing. Pricing listed with items. If we know you, we're willing to trade Smiling Banana Leaf with you in lieu of cash. :) Craigslist links to follow each entry... We've got six bags of clothes up for sale, priced between $5-$10. $40 will take all. Preference given to someone who want's all. Price negotiable. http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/bab/2984209851.html (if price says $510, it's really $5-10.) http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/bab/2984178920.html http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/bab/2984209851.html An Ikea toddler bed, in good shape. $65 obo http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/bab/2984139851.html And an Ikea crib that converts between a crib and toddler bed. $75 obo http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/bad/2984158668.html Brian Shope Social Media Consultation | MA InterCultural Studies Web 2.0 and Culture | 304.906.5309 If the story is not about the hearer, (s)he will not listen. And here I make a rule - a great and interesting story is about everyone, or it will not last. ~John Steinbeck, East of Eden You can't do it all by yourself; all understanding is social, by definition. ~Rick Levine, Cluetrain Manifesto Our trees along the street were recently trimmed near the power lines.Now there is a painted blue spot on one of the trees. A similar spot is on a tree across the street that wasn't trimmed and another spot is on our neighbor's fence which is along an alley. Any ideas what the spots mean? All, I have a large pine tree in my front yard. While a reasonable amount of sap is expected around this time, this year seems to have brought on a lot more sap. My tenants' cars (parked in the driveway) have a lot on them. Does anyone else have this issue? Is this year a one-off? What does one do to reduce the amount of sap or to clean the unfortunate car that is the recipient of said sap? Thanks! Jay. Hi, Did anyone else get the gift of fireworks last night?  A cherry bomb and brick of fireworks was set off on my front porch last night around midnight.  I was downstairs, so got to the front door fairly quickly, but there was nothing more than a smelly porch full of smoke.  We consider ourselves lucky because nothing caught on fire.  We called 911 and will follow up with a police report today. Just curious if there were similar occurrences across HP last night. Jack and Liz Buchanan Jackson Street I have strawberries and rasberries to give away. Both are spreading and I don't have enough space for them. Let me know if you'd like some. You can help me dig them up. Irina -- &lt;http://lists.highlandparkpa.com/mailman/listinfo/neighborhood>;