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

On Leverett Pond

Ducks on Leverett Pond, part of the Emerald Necklace.

Winter Reflections

Bench

Shadows and Lines

Stairway Descent

Stairs from Pinebank Promontory to Jamica Pond.

Winter Light

Stairway to Pinebank Promontory overlooking Jamica Pond, part of the Emerald Necklace Parks designed by Frederick Law Olmstead.

Ether Monument / Good Samaritan

This 40-foot-tall monument in the Public Garden near the corner of Beacon Street and Arlington Street commemorates not a person, but a medical breakthrough: the use of ether as an anesthetic. The first public demonstration of ether anesthesia was conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1846 by Boston dentist William T.G. Morton and Doctor John Collins Warren. Morton administered the ether, and Warren then removed a tumor from an unconscious patient. Ether had enormous benefits, allowing doctors to work more closely and carefully, and giving patients a respite not only from pain, but also from the anxiety associated with surgery. Atop the monument, two figures sculpted by John Quincy Adams Ward enact a Biblical story about the relief of suffering. The Good Samaritan is shown caring for an injured stranger he met on the road.

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Description from Boston Arts Commission

Brewer Fountain: Detail

Brewer Fountain

Color version of this photo here

Walking up Beacon St.

Japanese Lantern

View from the Common

Looking up towards the State House, where a small protest is in progress.

Feeding the pigeons on Boston Common

Public Garden Gates

Make Way for Ducklings

The Make Way for Ducklings statues in the Public Garden. There is currently an exhibit of the Art of Robert McCloskey at the Museum of Fine Arts until June 18, 2017. The exhibit is a celebration of the 75th anniversary of the beloved children’s book set in Boston, Make Way for Ducklings (1941).