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Beacon Hill Leaves
This afternoon proved to be a perfect autumn afternoon to stroll through Beacon Hill with a friend. After lunch at the 77 Pub, we wound our way leisurely through the narrow streets, exploring alleys and sidestreets as we came upon them, pausing in mid conversation to admire one mansion or another, taking everything as an…
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Birthday Leaves
This morning I took some time to myself and spent my first hours as a 30-year-old at Mt. Auburn cemetery with may camera and my walking shoes. After breakfast at Zaftig’s in Brookline and before heading back to BC for work, I lucky enough to find myself in Concecration Dell where I noticed the green…
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Lantern Festival
in CityThis evening I attended my first Lantern Festival at Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain. Marlene and I had "hope" written on our lamp in Chinese calligraphy. At about 8:30, we launched it into the pond with hundreds of other lamps and then watched as they drifted in mysterious, constantly-changing formations throughout the rest of…
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Hawk Sighting
in CityThis evening I hadn’t been in Mt. Auburn for more than five minutes when I looked up to see this hawk perched on a lowing-hanging branch of an Oak tree. For the next fifteen minutes, I watched it sit stoicly while a blue-jay harrassed it, chargin down ever few minutes to glance of the hawk’s…
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Implicitly?
in CityThis gravestone engraving has puzzled me ever since I first saw it. As of yet, I don’t have any leads.
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First Time Birdwatching
in CityThis morning I got up early for my first day of birdwatching. At just before 7:00, I made my way to Mt. Auburn cemetery to join a tour with Wayne the Audubon Society orthnothologist. I photographed this green heron this past Sunday as I was taking my weekly morning stroll at Mt. Auburn. Some birders…
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