The Urban Pantheist

My dad came to visit last Saturday and we went to a place with the problematic name of Squaw Rock Park, in Quincy. It was right above the beach and high enough to give us a nice view of the city across the harbor.


The only real "nature" picture I took on the walk was of this lovely line of white birches at the ridge of the park.


I set the googlemap app to find us a "pub," and it found us "The Irish Pub." I was a little tentative based on the outward appearance, but it was perfectly fine inside. We were the only people in there who were not 1. Irish or 2. playing Keno. I love my father's Saturday visits!

This post is to remind me of this pub. My dad and I were driving around Quincy, Mass, and construction forced us to do a little detour. On the way we saw this pub sign and found it intriguing. I've been trying to remember the name ever since, and finally figured it out today.

The sport portrayed on the sign is the Irish/Gaelic sport of hurling.
The bar is at 1464 Hancock Street in Quincy center. At this writing it has a four star rating with 12 reviews on yelp. They don't open until 3 on Sundays--have to check their Facebook page on a Saturday to find out when they open then.

Alexis and Albee taking an afternoon nap together. We've been so tired since last weekend in New York. I blame the puppy a little, but other things have come up to prevent us from sleeping as much as we should. I was happy to see her grab some sleep out in the yard.

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Today there was an Urban Nature Walk at Quincy Quarries! Nice view, huh?
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Eastern white pine, Quincy. Usually the "pine" trees that people decorate this time of year are little spruce or fir saplings. To trim this mature pine with huge glass ornaments took impressive dedication (and a cherry picker, I'd bet). It warms even this Scrooge's heart.


The other decorations appealed to me as well.

Just now catching up with my pictures from last Sunday! We went to Quincy Quarry, figuring that it was one of few open spaces that wouldn't be crowded on Memorial day weekend. We were sort of right...


( Lots of big pictures, since the place begs to be seen on a grand scale )

We had ourselves a little adventure at the Quincy Seashore. There were many opportunities for noticing things and making discoveries along the beach and in the salt marsh. We found this tiny shark, which I can't identify because I didn't at the time know what field markings to look for. I did a little research and I think next time I'll have a chance. It's probably a spiny dogfish.



There are eight more photographs, including another dead thing that might be a little harder to look at than this well-picked over fish. Standard dead animal warning. (It's not that bad, but I thought you should know). There's also a panorama that might push the edges of your page around.( Read more... )