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New Yorkers turn an elevated railroad into a walk through the canopy of the urban jungle. For other curiously local perspectives go to http://curiouslylocal.com

So they did it again. The crew of friends blew into Warner Saturday afternoon from the Four Directions, kicked around a few ideas, pulled what they needed for props and material out of the 35-year-old treasure trove malingering in Jesse's mom's barn, and by 1 pm Sunday they were jiving down Main Street, Warner, on their way to another win.

It's been a quick year, and here we are again in Warner, NH at the Fall Foliage Festival 2012, once more on the streets as Jesse McNeil and friends take over the town.

So, it's almost March, but it's been a long, deep winter, eh? Here's five minutes of footage I filmed at D Acres of NH, a permaculture farm. No, D Acres is a great place with a lot of wonderful people, but that does not mean spring arrives any earlier. This footage is from 2011. I'm working on the documentary about D Acres, called The Root for Food. For information on the progress of the movie, check in with me at http://curiouslylocal.com or follow me on facebook. George Packard

There's a strange diaspora of people with ties to Warner, NH and the Warner Fall Foliage Festival parade and Jesse McNeil and his mother's big farmhouse in lower Warner and the huge attached barn that is crammed with the artifacts and detritus from theatre productions and float-making that have settled into its haylofts and horse stalls since the mid 1970s. The diaspora gathers (as many as are able) once a year on a Saturday in early October to quickly and arfully put together a float for the next day's parade, and to comport themselves with a traditional antic foolishness that, float or not, is its own reward. Jesse himself seems to be making a habit of traveling from where he now lives on Orcas Island in Puget Sound to New Hampshire in a new way every year. Past years have included crossing the country on a moped, a tiny airplane, and this year, on a clunker mountain bike. Not everyone in the diaspora is so dedicated. And speaking of dedicated, this little film is dedicated to those members of the FFF tribe, across the country and the globe, who couldn't make it this year. See you next year? For more curiously local gleanings, why not visit http://curiouslylocal.com