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June Theme Day for the City Daily Photo Community is "The Beauty of Decay." You can view other interpretations of The Beauty of Decay by clicking here. My contribution is building that was in decay, but is being restored, but you can see echoes of its former life.

Pedestrian Crossing

April Theme Day for the City Daily Photo Community. Visit other participating sites.

April Fool's Theme Day: Cobblestones

Theme Day this month is cobblestones. There aren't many cobblestoned streets left in Boston.
Acorn Street pictured here is one of the most photographed and picturesque streets in Boston's Beacon Hill.

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March Theme Day - Electricity

First day of the month is theme day for the City Daily Photo Blog Community. My contribution is the train yards in South Boston with the electricity towers for the Commuter rail and Amtrak. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants.

2011 Photo of the Year

Theme Day for the City Daily Photo Blog community is best photo of last year.
One of my favorite photos of 2011 is this one I took in the Public Garden last May.
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October Theme Day - Mystery Object

First day of the month is Theme Day for the City Daily Photoblog community. This month it is "Mystery Object." I chose a close up of something that is readily identifiable to anyone who has been to Boston and been to the Public Garden.

If you haven't guessed yet, it is a swan boat. You can see how others around the world interpret this theme by clicking here to view thumbnails of all participants.

June Theme Day - Under Construction

This month's theme is "Under Construction." This construction site is on Cambridge Street and is a new building for Massachusetts General Hospital. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

April Theme Day - Edges

The theme this month is "edges" and I thought I would show some of the edges of Boston City Hall, a victim poster child of the Brutalist yes, that is a real style of architecture. To view how others have interpreted the theme this month click here to view thumbnails for all participants.

Fountains - February Theme Day

Brewer Fountain on a snowy Boston Common this afternoon. View my other photos of this fountain. The first of the month is theme day at City Daily Photo Blogs. View other fountains from around the world.

Theme Day: Best Picture of 2010

Vietnam Memorial Washington, D.C.

It's hard to pick a picture out of all of the 275 I posted last year, but this one is more poignant for me now after the recent passing of my mother than when it was first posted on Memorial Day.

Designed by Maya Lin in 1981, the walls of the memorial have a mirror-like surface of polished black granite reflecting images of the visitors and surrounding monuments, trees and clouds. The names of all the dead and missing are engraved on its walls.

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.

Theme Day - Funny Signs

Sign on the Rose Kennedy Greenway.

It's the first day of the month and theme day
for the City Daily Photo Blog community.
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Theme Day: Statues

Pictured above is the statue of Samuel Adams at Fanueil Hall. Adams was one of the founding fathers of the American Revolution and cousin of John Adams, 2nd US President.

Today is the first of the month and theme day for the City Daily Photo Blog community. Visit other participating photoblogs by clicking here.

Theme Day - RED

Seen in the Harvard Square subway station.
It's the first of the month and so once again it is theme day for the City Daily Photo Blog community. Click here to view thumbnails of all other participating RED sites.

Monochrome Monday + Theme Day: Wood

Today is Monochrome Monday and so it is also the first day of the month which is theme day for City Daily Photo Blogs (CDPB) around the world. My contribution for theme day is a life size wooden soldier I saw at Quincy Market at Christmastime.

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Theme Day: Changes + Skywatch Friday

Theme day is the first of each month and this month's theme is "changes." Click here to view thumbnails for all City Daily Photo Blog participants this month. To view other Skywatch Friday posts click here.

Theme Day: Waiting

First of the month is theme day for the City Daily Photo Blog (CDPB) Community. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants.

My interpretation of waiting is the statue of noted children's author Theodore Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. I imagine him here in this pose waiting for inspiration to write more clever rhymes.

Theme Day - Doorways

It's the first of the month and also theme day. November's theme is doorways. I have been posting pictures of doorways every Wednesday for about the past year and a half, so I thought it fitting to post a collage of some of my earlier doorways.

Many other cities around the world are also posting pictures of doorways. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

Theme Day - Contrast

City Daily Photo Blog theme day this month is contrast. The contrast here is not only the light and the dark, but the new young conductor, Shi-Yeon Sung, filling in on very short notice for the injured James Levine at Symphony Hall Tuesday night.

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September Theme Day - BIG

This month's theme is "Big." My contribution is Lousie Bourgeois’s Eyes on the campus of Williams College. You can click here to view thumbnails for all participants.