Pecking away earlier today along the Minuteman Bikeway near Lexington Center.
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Cat Scratch Fever
Along Grove Street in Winchester.
Wall of tears
At North Station, posters of people kidnapped in Israel during Hamas’ terrorist attack.
Have faith
Along the Alewife Brook Greenway in Arlington Saturday.
Plenty of gobblers, not much gobbling
I came across this handsome flock along the Watertown-Cambridge Greenway in Watertown during a 22-mile bike ride this afternoon.
Hiking the Blue Hills
Great hike in the Blue Hills today led by Marc Hurwitz, our intrepid Appalachian Mountain Club guide. I hadn’t been there since I was a Cub Scout leader, and trust me, that was a very long time ago.
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Important turtle-related news
Living her best life Friday afternoon along Alewife Brook. (I’m told this beauty, a red-eared slider, is a female.)
Before the deluge
Nearly 18 miles along the Somerville Community Path, the Charles and the Minuteman. I got caught in a wicked downpour about two-thirds of the way through. No surprise — the clouds looked pretty foreboding the whole time I was out.
Dam work complete in the Middlesex Fells
First time in the Middlesex Fells in a few months, and I was happy to see that the restoration of the North Reservoir dam is finally complete. The road has been reopened and the water level has been restored to its normal level. Also: The Mosquito Rapture must have taken place, because there wasn’t a single one that I could detect. I’m not complaining.
Not Art
A few years ago I noticed a “Not Art” stencil for the first time, on a concrete barrier alongside the Mystic Path, which runs along the eastern shore of the Mystic Lakes. Over the winter I took pictures of every one I saw in Medford, Arlington and the Middlesex Fells. I didn’t go looking for them; I just documented what I encountered. And no, I didn’t know they were a thing until I Googled them. Here’s a Boston magazine story about them from 2014.
