It’s the first snowstorm of 2023-’24. I just got back from a bit of tramping around. I immediately got a question on Facebook: What is the Slave Wall? So here you go.
Around West Medford
Tag: Mystic Lakes
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.
Sailing on the Mystic Lakes
A little out of focus, but I like the sunlight on the water.
Crimson tide
Saturday along the Upper Mystic Lake in Winchester.
First day of meteorological spring
Sunset where the Mystic Lakes spill into the Mystic River. Medford side, looking toward Arlington.
Mystic-ism
Upper Mystic Lake from the Winchester Boat Club, 7:35 a.m. today. Click here for a bigger, sharper image.
Christmas Eve at the Mystic Lakes
Before the next blizzard
Looking north toward the Upper Mystic Lake from the causeway between the Upper and Lower Mystic Lakes at the Medford-Arlington line. Please click on the image for a high-resolution Flickr slideshow.
Between the snowstorms in West Medford
The Lower Mystic Lake earlier today. Please click on the image for a high-resolution Flickr slideshow.