Public Garden Gate

Entrance to the Public Garden viewed from the Commonwealth Ave. Mall.

Wintry view

View past the Samuel Eliot Morrison statue on the Commonwealth Ave. Mall.

Wednesday Doorway

This week's doorway can be found on Commonwealth Ave.

Scollay Square

Looking down Court Street at the Old State House

Iron Lantern

Iron lantern seen on Milk Street.

Summer Street

Summer Street looking towards South Station.

Wednesday Doorway

Doorway on Temple Street, Beacon Hill

Painting Washington Street

A very focused and determined artist on Washington Street, painting with temperatures at the freezing mark.

Wednesday Doorway

Doorway to a basement apartment on Beacon Hill.

City life

Storrow Drive

View of lunch time traffic on Storrow Drive. I took this photo from the Arthur Fiedler Foot Bridge, looking east.

Below is a picture from the same location, looking west. If you enlarge the picture you will see the iconic (at least in Boston) Citgo sign in Kenmore Square.

Washington Street

Washington Street at Downtown Crossing

Bicycles

Unofficial bicycle stands on Beacon Hill.

December Theme Day - Time

The theme this month is time, and I thought a store's hours of operation was perfect for the occasion. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants in this month's theme day.

Ceramic Art

Beautiful white ceramic art from Germany on display at the Museum of Fine Arts.

Monochrome Monday

Seen at the Museum of Fine Arts this past weekend.

Autumn Path

Reflection

Wednesday Doorway

This week's door is a triple doorway of the Variety Arts Theater I saw on my trip to Los Angeles last month.

Window on Beacon Hill

Autumn Leaves

Taken on the Boston Common last week. It reminds me of a Japanese woodcut.

Autumn on the Common

Autumn Carpet

Autumn

Samuel Eliot Morrison

Bronze statue of Samuel Eliot Morrison located on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall. Morrison was a historian, sailor and two-time Pulitzer prize winning author. He researched and retraced the route Columbus took to the New World, and later documented Columbus' adventures and translated Columbus' log in his epic work, "Admiral of the Ocean Sea."

Wednesday Doorway

Buildings

South Station and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

Boxer

I captured this image outside the Staples Center.

Skywatch Friday

Sunset view in Los Angeles.

Traffic

Evening traffic Los Angeles.

Wednesday Doorway

This week's doorway is in downtown Los Angeles.

Umbrellas

Since so many people have wondered about the location of this shot,
I took it on Figureoa Street in downtown Los Angeles.

Monochrome Monday

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Walking the dog

By the Parade Grounds on the Common, heading towards Tremont Street.

Old West Church

A church with a lot of history, located on Cambridge Street, Old West Church was founded in 1737. Here is another view I posted back in February '08.

Wednesday Doorway

I found this week's doorway on a trip I
made to Palm Beach, FL a few months ago.

Early Autumn

And the colors are still beautiful in the Public Garden.

Woman in Red

Grand Central Station, NYC.

Flower

Noticed in the Public Garden the other day.

Make Way For Ducklings

Sculpture celebrating the book by
Robert McCloskey that made Boston
famous (to children).

Wednesday Doorway

Everyone always wonders what's behind a doorway, well this week I can show you.

The Ether Monument: the Good Samaritan

The monument was commissioned by Thomas Lee and commemorates the discovery ether and its use as an anesthetic in surgery performed at Massachusetts General Hospital October 16, 1846. The fountain was designed by John Quincy Adams Ward and Henry Van Brunt.

In the center of a large square fountain basin is a tall square granite base topped with a sculpture depicting a bearded man in robe and turban (the good samaritan) attending a wounded reclining male figure who appears unconscious. Around the center section of the base, there is an inscription panel on each side. The inscription panels are bordered by a decorative frieze, flanked by pairs of polished red granite columns, and topped with a small tre-foil shaped marble relief. The relief on the front depicts the performance of surgery; the relief on the right depicts an allegory of the triumph of science; the relief on the rear depicts a field hospital with a wounded soldier in the care of a surgeon; and the relief on the left depicts the Angel of Mercy descending toward a reclining figure. A water spout on each side of the base is designed as a lion head.

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Source: Smithsonian American Art Museum Inventory of American Sculpture, Control Number MA000002

Reading

Caught reading on the job.

Cedar Lane

Cedar Lane on Beacon Hill.

Bad Hair Day

Ever have a bad hair day? Well, I've been having a few days like that and unable to post. This fine lady was discovered on a visit to Jamaica Plain last year and discovered at Stonybrook Fine Arts.

Smile

Capturing another photographer and her model.

Swans Boat

Paul Revere

Paul Revere and the Old North Church in the background.