Halloween 2017

Werewolf spotted on Marlboro Street in the Back Bay.

View from a bridge

On the Mass Ave. Bridge over Storrow Drive looking at the Charles River.

Summer type weather

A very warm day last week in the Public Garden.

Fort Point Channel

Along the Harbor Walk, looking at the South Postal Annex at South Station. The tall white building in the background is the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

Esplanade

Spring in the Back Bay

Marlborough Street yard in Boston.

Duck Boat on the Charles

The Longfellow Bridge, connecting Boston to Cambridge, is undergoing repairs and is expected to be completed by December 2018, two years behind schedule.

Swan Boats

Swan Boats returned to the Public Garden this weekend.

Acorn Street

View from the top of Acorn Street.

Acorn Street Visitors

Acorn Street on Beacon Hill is arguably one of the most picturesque and photographed streets in Boston.

Esplanade Bridge

Esplanade

Stairs

Stairs at City Hall.

Through the glass

Government Center: Another View

Full view of the Government Center T station.

Government Center

Boston City Hall reflected in the new MBTA Blue Line subway station.

James Michael Curley

James Michael Curley, by artist Lloyd Lillie, on Congress Street, along the Freedom Trail in Boston.

One of the most colorful figures in Massachusetts politics in the first half of the 20th century, Curley served four terms as Democratic Mayor of Boston, including part of one while in prison. He also served a single term as Governor of Massachusetts

Curley became famous when as he was elected, in 1904, to the Boston Board of Alderman while serving time in prison on a fraud conviction. His colorful career included an indictment for influence peddling in 1943. He won a fourth term as mayor of Boston in 1945; despite a second indictment by a federal grand jury, for mail fraud. In 1947, he was sentenced to 6–18 months on the mail fraud conviction and spent five months at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, CT before his sentence was commuted by President Truman. He was defeated for mayor in the 1949 election, thus ending his long political career.

Curley is considered the inspiration for the protagonist Frank Skeffington in the novel The Last Hurrah by Edwin O'Connor, on which director John Ford based his film with the same title.

Charles River Esplanade

Footbridge

Soldiers and Sailors Monument

The Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Boston Common was erected in memory of Massachusetts soldiers and sailors who died in the American Civil War. Designed by Martin Milmore and dedicated on September 17, 1877. Union Generals George B. McClellan and Joseph Hooker were among the estimated 25,000 people attending the dedication on Boston Common. The Monument is located on a rise called Flag Staff Hill and rises to a height of 126 feet on its base. The column is topped by a figure representing the Genius of America. Four statues at the base represent Peace, the Sailor, the Muse of History, and the Soldier. Bas-relief plaques depict the departure and return of the forces, the Navy, and the work of the Boston Sanitary Commission. In one plaque, Longfellow can be seen accompanying the governor. The figures at the base of the column represent the sections of the country: North, South, East, and West. Here is another view of the monument I took seven years ago.

Esplanade

Another view of the Charles River.

Springtime on the Esplande

Ice Skating on the Frog Pond

Winter Walk

In the Public Garden

In the Public Garden looking toward the Arlington Street Church.

Winter View

Looking west over the Boston Common Parade Ground towards the Public Garden.

Public Garden: Winter

Trinity Church

Bill Russell

Statue of Boston Celtics great Bill Russell, located on City Hall Plaza.

At the Corner of Park Street and Tremont Street

Snow Melt

Elegant Tree

Winter Buds

Stone Wall

Stone wall in the Leventritt Garden at the Arnold Arboretum.

Leventritt Vine and Shrub Garden II

Leventritt Garden at the Arnold Arboretum.

Leventritt Vine and Shrub Garden

Leventritt Garden at the Arnold Arboretum.

Arboretum Meadow

Skiing at the Arnold Arboretum

Tree

One of the many magnificent looking trees at the Arnold Arboretum with a light coating of snow.

Tree branches

Trees reaching to the sky at the Arnold Arboretum.

Arnold Arboretum path

Winter Trees

Snow and trees in the Arnold Arboretum.

Arnold Arboretum Fence

Bicycling in the Snow

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Monochrome Monday

Winter view

Laying branches upon the water

Taking a break

On one of the many walking paths along the Emerald Necklace.

On Leverett Pond II