urbpan: (Default)
2010-02-01 04:58 pm

Urban Nature Pictures day 31



White pine sapling growing from a crack in a stone bridge. It probably grew from a pine nut cached there by a seed-eating bird.
urbpan: (Me and Charlie in the Arnold Arboretum)
2008-03-19 05:26 am

Pictures from the weekend



On Sunday we went to Elm Bank Reservation, in Wellesley Mass (Just outside of the rt. 95 loop that more or less defines the perimeter of Metro Boston). It's a collection of formerly privately held land that has been set aside to be used as open space. The Massachusetts Horticultural Society has buildings and greenhouses there, there are soccer fields and canoe landings, but a lot of it just looks like forest. Here Alexis stands among some impressive white pines.Read more... )
urbpan: (marchfirst2005blizzard)
2007-02-04 10:11 am

It looks like Winter--just out of the city

While in Boston all we got yesterday was an ugly coating of frozen slush, just outside of the city there was actual snow. I'm reluctant to call any substance that I have to shovel "pretty," but it's hard not to.



The service entrance at work.

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