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Jul. 21st, 2010
Adventures! With pictures!
Jul. 21st, 2010 07:47 pmWhen I stepped outside today and was crossing the bridge in the park I whipped out my camera because one of the Great Blue Herons who lives in the area was really close to the bridge, and though I've seen it a lot it's never been that close. Me being me, I got as close as I could and stepped through some bushes on the bank to try and get a good shot. At one point I slipped and got mud on my feet, but I had my Teva sandals on and didn't' really care.
And it was worth it:
This was probably the best one, and I especially like how I got double photobombed by the duck, who just swam out as I was taking the picture, and the guys on the bridge, who were doing the same thing I was! I didn't actually notice those guys until I was back here and looking at the pictures on my laptop. What was really funny was as I was headed back to the path a third guy showed up and used the path I'd used to get close so he could take a picture, and when he saw me he commented that he's lived down here for 20 years and never seen that thing that close.
Speaking of ducks, as I was standing on the bank reviewing the photos I took on the tiny little camera screen this random duck wandered up to me.
I think she thought I had food, but when I proved not to she wandered off.
Just then there was a big gust of wind, and looking towards the sky I realized that we were probably going to get a thundershower and ran back to my apartment for my umbrella. This proved to be a wise decision in the long run and probably canceled out the muddy Tevas.
After that I went up the North End again and to that big hardware store, which I'm going to start mentally referring to as the Everything Store. Though in retrospect that nickname is a bit of a misnomer since they didn't actually have what I was looking for, which are little strips that wick water to your plants via gravity since I'm going to the Cape next week and Jen and Nadia won't be here to water my plants, but they did have nylon rope, which is essentially the same thing. The funniest bit was when a little old Italian gentleman in the back asked if I needed help and pointed me towards the rope, though I had to really raise my voice since he was a bit hard of hearing. Still, it was cute, and I ended up getting a coil that might come in handy when we try to get my futon back to Western Mass.
I also wandered around for a bit to familiarize myself with the area, and got a few good shots, like this:
If nothing else Bostonians are willing to make fun of themselves, although if they wanted to be accurate the last word would have been "Stowah".
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And it was worth it:
This was probably the best one, and I especially like how I got double photobombed by the duck, who just swam out as I was taking the picture, and the guys on the bridge, who were doing the same thing I was! I didn't actually notice those guys until I was back here and looking at the pictures on my laptop. What was really funny was as I was headed back to the path a third guy showed up and used the path I'd used to get close so he could take a picture, and when he saw me he commented that he's lived down here for 20 years and never seen that thing that close.
Speaking of ducks, as I was standing on the bank reviewing the photos I took on the tiny little camera screen this random duck wandered up to me.
I think she thought I had food, but when I proved not to she wandered off.
Just then there was a big gust of wind, and looking towards the sky I realized that we were probably going to get a thundershower and ran back to my apartment for my umbrella. This proved to be a wise decision in the long run and probably canceled out the muddy Tevas.
After that I went up the North End again and to that big hardware store, which I'm going to start mentally referring to as the Everything Store. Though in retrospect that nickname is a bit of a misnomer since they didn't actually have what I was looking for, which are little strips that wick water to your plants via gravity since I'm going to the Cape next week and Jen and Nadia won't be here to water my plants, but they did have nylon rope, which is essentially the same thing. The funniest bit was when a little old Italian gentleman in the back asked if I needed help and pointed me towards the rope, though I had to really raise my voice since he was a bit hard of hearing. Still, it was cute, and I ended up getting a coil that might come in handy when we try to get my futon back to Western Mass.
I also wandered around for a bit to familiarize myself with the area, and got a few good shots, like this:
If nothing else Bostonians are willing to make fun of themselves, although if they wanted to be accurate the last word would have been "Stowah".
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