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3:00 snapshot #684
Jan. 23rd, 2011 08:27 pm
I stood on a chair to get this view of my living room and Parkway Road beyond.
Meanwhile, at Leverett Pond, waterfowl huddle on the diminishing unfrozen area.
The sun beginning to set at 4ish.
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I stood on a chair to get this view of my living room and Parkway Road beyond.
Meanwhile, at Leverett Pond, waterfowl huddle on the diminishing unfrozen area.
The sun beginning to set at 4ish.
Leverett Pond
Jan. 16th, 2011 09:09 pm
One of the nice things about the parks in Brookline is the diverse kinds of people you are likely to see in them.
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Urban Nature Pictures 12/26
Dec. 26th, 2010 07:06 pm
Olmsted Woods. One of the things I will miss when we move is this patch of forest, walking distance from our home. Our new house has other woods in walking distance, and I will grow to love them as well, but Olmsted Woods will always be special.
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Urban Nature Pictures 10/25
Oct. 26th, 2010 08:57 pm
Mouse-chewed acorns found in a shed.
Leverett Pond.
Nice day for a walk--and a swim
Nov. 1st, 2009 11:01 am
So it was so warm we decided to walk to Ward's Pond and let Charlie have a swim. It was very windy and here Alexis is surrounded by blowing leaves.
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Muddy River 04/12/09, 12 noon.
Apr. 13th, 2009 05:31 pm
Just upstream from where I take most of these pictures, cormorants perch along Leverett Pond.
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Noticing the year 07/01/08 -- Oh dear!
Jul. 1st, 2008 01:11 pmAs I was coming home for lunch to walk the dogs I saw a deer in Boston. I was on the Jamaicaway, and the deer was in Olmsted Park by Leverett pond. It was an adult with no antlers, and it was running in an apparent panic.
This is a first for me; I get to add white-tailed deer to my catalog of Boston wildlife. I knew that they were often seen at the Boston Nature Center, but this is my first time seeing one in Boston. This is a touch closer to The City, about three miles from Kenmore Square. (In the past I've joked about the encroachment of deer into cities by saying that I don't expect to see deer in Kenmore Square, but in some outer city parks. Kenmore Square, in case you don't know, is famous as the location of the Citgo sign you can see on televised Red Sox games.) I'm sure this deer was outside of its normal range and I won't be shocked if I see its carcass in the middle of the J-way on the way back to work. But I consider today a landmark of a kind--my first Boston deer.
(You may remember my first urban deer from my trip to the Pacific Northwest.)
This is a first for me; I get to add white-tailed deer to my catalog of Boston wildlife. I knew that they were often seen at the Boston Nature Center, but this is my first time seeing one in Boston. This is a touch closer to The City, about three miles from Kenmore Square. (In the past I've joked about the encroachment of deer into cities by saying that I don't expect to see deer in Kenmore Square, but in some outer city parks. Kenmore Square, in case you don't know, is famous as the location of the Citgo sign you can see on televised Red Sox games.) I'm sure this deer was outside of its normal range and I won't be shocked if I see its carcass in the middle of the J-way on the way back to work. But I consider today a landmark of a kind--my first Boston deer.
(You may remember my first urban deer from my trip to the Pacific Northwest.)
Genuinely hot for a good chunk of the day. Apparently around 80 and humid is my idea of 'hot.' And I really like it. I'd like it better if I could wear shorts at work.
This weekend I heard toads singing at Leverett Pond. I was astonished, for a couple reasons. First, it isn't really a pond, just a wide slow part of the Muddy River. Second, I compiled a survey of all the terrestrial vertebrate life in the area a couple years ago, and I detected no toads. That just goes to show that you need year round attention to accurately count the species in an area. (but I knew that already)
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Unusual word combination of the day: Solka Floc
This one was especially unusual, as I was familiar with neither of the words in the combination. A little context, perhaps? I was slicing up a 5 pound packaged log of partially frozen processed horsemeat--the diet for some new animals in quarantine--I can tell you what in about two weeks--when I noticed that there was an ingredients list. It read: "Horsemeat (USDA Inspected and Passed), Solka Floc, dicalcium phosphate..." and so on. Just like that "Solka Floc," like everyone knows what that is, Oh of course, solka floc*! That reminds me, I need to go to the store and buy some more solka floc tonight, and maybe a package of oop spap and a box of gibyet morgs. (*Google it. It's just cellulose fiber.)
The Nebraska Brand website, by the way, assures us that, while it's hard to get human quality horsemeat for humans anymore, we can still get it for our Amur leopards, spectacled owls, and coyotes. They assure us, in all caps. NEBRASKA BRAND REMAINS COMMITTED TO USING ONLY USDA INSPECTED AND PASSED HORSEMEAT IN OUR CARNIVORE DIETS! RECENTLY THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL ERRONEOUS REPORTS REGARDING HORSE SLAUGHTER AND THE AVAILABILITY OF USDA INSPECTED AND PASSED, HUMAN QUALITY, HORSEMEAT. WE ASSURE ALL OUR CUSTOMERS THAT THERE WILL BE A VERY ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF USDA INSPECTED HORSEMEAT, WELL INTO THE FUTURE. WE AT NEBRASKA BRAND REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF USING ONLY THE HIGHEST QUALITY INGREDIENTS, THEREFORE WE WILL CONTINUE USING ONLY USDA INSPECTED AND PASSED HORSEMEAT, IN THE PRODUCTION OF NEBRASKA BRAND HORSEMEAT PRODUCTS.
okay, then.
I'm listening to Jimmy Cliff right now, largely as a result of seeing The Harder They Come two weekends ago. It's an interesting movie, and I can see why it's considered something of a landmark. The music turns out to be pretty timeless, but the low-budget filmmaking style is less so. The story is about a young man from the countryside who moves to the big city to become a singing star, but instead gets involved in organized crime. The message seems to be, in order to become a famous reggae star, you have to go on a killing spree. Maybe I missed some other point to it, but that's what I took home. That, and the soundtrack.
Also, I finally understand a lot of what the ska crowd that I hung around with 20 years ago were into, and even why a minor hit from the 80's begins: "Sit tight and listen keenly while I play for you a brand new musical biscuit!"
EDIT -- a final note: Now that wtf-nature is in the lj spotlight, I expect it'll be about 24 hours before irrelevant, redundant, and inane posts make me drop the community.
This weekend I heard toads singing at Leverett Pond. I was astonished, for a couple reasons. First, it isn't really a pond, just a wide slow part of the Muddy River. Second, I compiled a survey of all the terrestrial vertebrate life in the area a couple years ago, and I detected no toads. That just goes to show that you need year round attention to accurately count the species in an area. (but I knew that already)
...
Unusual word combination of the day: Solka Floc
This one was especially unusual, as I was familiar with neither of the words in the combination. A little context, perhaps? I was slicing up a 5 pound packaged log of partially frozen processed horsemeat--the diet for some new animals in quarantine--I can tell you what in about two weeks--when I noticed that there was an ingredients list. It read: "Horsemeat (USDA Inspected and Passed), Solka Floc, dicalcium phosphate..." and so on. Just like that "Solka Floc," like everyone knows what that is, Oh of course, solka floc*! That reminds me, I need to go to the store and buy some more solka floc tonight, and maybe a package of oop spap and a box of gibyet morgs. (*Google it. It's just cellulose fiber.)
The Nebraska Brand website, by the way, assures us that, while it's hard to get human quality horsemeat for humans anymore, we can still get it for our Amur leopards, spectacled owls, and coyotes. They assure us, in all caps. NEBRASKA BRAND REMAINS COMMITTED TO USING ONLY USDA INSPECTED AND PASSED HORSEMEAT IN OUR CARNIVORE DIETS! RECENTLY THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL ERRONEOUS REPORTS REGARDING HORSE SLAUGHTER AND THE AVAILABILITY OF USDA INSPECTED AND PASSED, HUMAN QUALITY, HORSEMEAT. WE ASSURE ALL OUR CUSTOMERS THAT THERE WILL BE A VERY ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF USDA INSPECTED HORSEMEAT, WELL INTO THE FUTURE. WE AT NEBRASKA BRAND REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF USING ONLY THE HIGHEST QUALITY INGREDIENTS, THEREFORE WE WILL CONTINUE USING ONLY USDA INSPECTED AND PASSED HORSEMEAT, IN THE PRODUCTION OF NEBRASKA BRAND HORSEMEAT PRODUCTS.
okay, then.
I'm listening to Jimmy Cliff right now, largely as a result of seeing The Harder They Come two weekends ago. It's an interesting movie, and I can see why it's considered something of a landmark. The music turns out to be pretty timeless, but the low-budget filmmaking style is less so. The story is about a young man from the countryside who moves to the big city to become a singing star, but instead gets involved in organized crime. The message seems to be, in order to become a famous reggae star, you have to go on a killing spree. Maybe I missed some other point to it, but that's what I took home. That, and the soundtrack.
Also, I finally understand a lot of what the ska crowd that I hung around with 20 years ago were into, and even why a minor hit from the 80's begins: "Sit tight and listen keenly while I play for you a brand new musical biscuit!"
EDIT -- a final note: Now that wtf-nature is in the lj spotlight, I expect it'll be about 24 hours before irrelevant, redundant, and inane posts make me drop the community.
Spring comes to Leverett Pond
Apr. 19th, 2008 08:07 pm
We walked the dogs around Leverett Pond today and it felt like an honest to goodness spring day. And thanks to my new hand-me-down camera, which Alexis used to take all the best 365 urban species photos, I was able to record some of it. Pictured above, I'm fairly certain, is a male palm warbler.
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Just me and the dogs at Leverett Pond
Mar. 23rd, 2008 06:14 pm
With Alexis away in Vermont, I took the dogs to Leverett pond for their morning walk yesterday.
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Remember 110 cameras?
Feb. 24th, 2008 11:40 am
In case is isn't obvious by my past few picture posts, I left my camera at work. It's far too striking looking out there not to take pictures of it, however. Thus these cell phone pictures of Leverett Pond: ( Read more... )
