Deer Island

cottonmanifesto, rockbalancer, and I (and the dogs) walked around Deer Island yesterday. It's part of the Boston Harbor Island National Recreation Area despite being attached to the town of Winthrop. These days it is mostly known for being the location of Boston's state of the art sewage treatment plant. Yesterday it was noteworthy for being brutally windy and cold. When we got to the furthest tip of the peninsula, it felt like the skin of our faces was being blown off with ice. Still, it is a unique and strangely beautiful place, and we did see quite a few winter ducks, including goldeneyes, eiders, and mergansers. The water was strangely clear and blue.

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cottonmanifesto got much better pictures of basically the same things. You should go look at them for comparison.

Her fingers must be cold!

I think you all (especially you Andy Goldsworthy fans) should go look at rockbalancer's pictures of rocks balanced in the snow: http://rockbalancer.livejournal.com/4072.html

Okay, Northerners:

Canadians, Chicagoans, New Yorkers, Minnesotans, New Englanders, etc:

Today it's as cold as ________

(or)

It's cold enough to ________

(or)

It's so cold _________



You finish, in the comments.

3:00 snapshot, #12.

Construction at the Dana-Farber, Brookline Ave., Boston.