Time for another hodgepodge collection of things that caught my eye on recent walks. To start, I include a video of what I think is a painted turtle. (Do correct me if I’m wrong.) It’s being nudged along by my sneakers because it will be safer from bikes on the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail. Can you hear the audio? Jeanne and I had been referring to the turtles as “he,” but we had a suspicion they were crossing the blacktop to lay eggs. So, not “he.”
There are also flower photos from my yard and my neighborhood and several from the Buttrick Mansion, now a visitor center for the Minuteman National Park. The Buttrick gardens specialize in peonies and iris. Isn’t that black one amazing? You can see rhododendrons along a staircase going down to the Concord River and a view or the river itself in another shot. A photo of the Daniel Chester French statue of the Minuteman farmer is also included.
Everyone loves flowers. The tiny garden with the two little putti is actually in a large parking lot. Funny how the statues each have a hand to an ear. It makes me think they have cellphone earbuds!
The banner featuring blown milkweed seeds and the words “Love” and “Justice” (the latter planted in Minnesota) was part of an Umbrella Arts outdoor exhibition called “Change is in the Air.”
The farm mural in West Concord, an initiative of the Village Art Room, seems to have been a group effort, with contributors assigned small squares to complete.
Moving on to Boston, where I had to go to renew my senior discount for public transit, I made a stop in Dewey Square. I always like checking out the latest Greenway mural. This one is by Daniel Gordon. It’s not as edgy as some I admired in the past.
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I can hear it! She’s a cutie! Lovely garden photos, too!!
Thanks, Michelle. We had a laugh about the turtle.
I can see why!! And you’re most welcome!!
We have a short season for flowers but they make up for it in beauty.
You are so right! I can’t get enough of them and keep taking pictures even though I’ve taken pretty much the same shots every year.
Ah, Concord! One of my most favorite short trips for beauty and history. I haven’t been since covid–its on my Summer list.
I hope you will post about your favorite scenes after your next visit.
Oh yes! Once I met Henry David Thoreau on the bridge…He talked to us (in character) for quite a few minutes…What fun! And I always say you can’t beat an old colonial house for grace and character.
People love the guy who played Thoreau. Someone else mentioned him to me only last week.
Lovely, thanks for sharing!
Gotta get ’em while I can! The rhododendrons are already fading around here.
Lovely! Not every post office has window boxes filled with flowers! Hurrah for spring!
But Charles St is just that sort of place!