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  • A Weekend for Reflection

    On Sunday morning, the Boston Public Garden and the Boston Common were calm, clean, and quiet. Here the Japanese lantern and its tree companions were reflected in the lagoon. It was a good place to pause and reflect on the weekend happenings.

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    "Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action." Peter Drucker

    About Photo Tales & Quotes: We keep hearing that people miss our cover photos that ran for years in the Back Bay Sun. That assignment was to provide a photo that showed what the week was like in the neighborhood. Often the photos illustrated favorite quotations. Photo Tales & Quotes is an occasional offering to our BostonZest readers featuring photos along the same theme but taken wherever we happen to be.

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    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photography: © 2017 Penny Cherubino  

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  • A Weekend for Reflection

    On Sunday morning, the Boston Public Garden and the Boston Common were calm, clean, and quiet. Here the Japanese lantern and its tree companions were reflected in the lagoon. It was a good place to pause and reflect on the weekend happenings.

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    "Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action." Peter Drucker

    About Photo Tales & Quotes: We keep hearing that people miss our cover photos that ran for years in the Back Bay Sun. That assignment was to provide a photo that showed what the week was like in the neighborhood. Often the photos illustrated favorite quotations. Photo Tales & Quotes is an occasional offering to our BostonZest readers featuring photos along the same theme but taken wherever we happen to be.

    Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a gift? Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!

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    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photography: © 2017 Penny Cherubino  

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  • Morning 5K with Hill Work on Boston Common’s Historic Beacon Mall- Then and Now!

    I've been trying for an early morning 5K (3.1 miles) walk these days. My path is a loop that runs along Commonwealth Avenue from Massachusetts Avenue to the top of the Common (across from the State House) and back. You could jump in anywhere along this path and loop around to where you began to walk or run a 5K.

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    As you can see, a lot of people use the hill, officially called the Beacon Mall, for early morning exercise and as a walking commuter route. Thankfully this path had been clear and salted since the weekend storm. 

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    Looks like back in the day [ca. 1873–1877], Bostonians would "take the air" and perhaps their "daily constitutional" along this path. (Lithograph from The Boston Public Library Collection) 

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    Here's an 1865 photo from the top looking down from the Boston Public Library Collection.

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    Here is what it looked like as walkers and runners enjoyed the balmy day on Wednesday. 

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    Look how lush and shady the Beacon Mall was in 1892! (Photo from the Boston Public Library Collection)

    You can map any loop you like on Google maps. Just set the walking option and watch the mileage add up to something around 3.1 miles. My loop looks something like this.

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    Words: Penny Cherubino
    Photography: © 2017 Penny  Cherubino  

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  • Squirrels and Birds Report Their Missing Person

    Most mornings, when I take my first walk of the day, there is a person on this bench feeding the birds and squirrels.

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    When he takes a day off, the critters still show up and stop to ask everyone passing, "Where he is?"

    They seem to feel as this poet did.

    "Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated." Alphonse de Lamartine (French Poet 1790-1869)

    About Photo Tales & Quotes: We keep hearing that people miss our cover photos that ran for years in the Back Bay Sun. That assignment was to provide a photo that showed what the week was like in the neighborhood. Often the photos illustrated favorite quotations. Photo Tales & Quotes is an occasional offering to our BostonZest readers featuring photos along the same theme but taken wherever we happen to be.

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    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photography: © 2017 Penny Cherubino  

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  • Squirrels and Birds Report Their Missing Person

    Most mornings, when I take my first walk of the day, there is a person on this bench feeding the birds and squirrels.

    IMG_1648 copy

    When he takes a day off, the critters still show up and stop to ask everyone passing, "Where he is?"

    They seem to feel as this poet did.

    "Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated." Alphonse de Lamartine (French Poet 1790-1869)

    About Photo Tales & Quotes: We keep hearing that people miss our cover photos that ran for years in the Back Bay Sun. That assignment was to provide a photo that showed what the week was like in the neighborhood. Often the photos illustrated favorite quotations. Photo Tales & Quotes is an occasional offering to our BostonZest readers featuring photos along the same theme but taken wherever we happen to be.

    Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a gift? Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!

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    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photography: © 2017 Penny Cherubino  

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  • “The willow which bends to the tempest …”

    A lovely willow still providing us with color in December: Today In Boston! We must speak out for the Public Garden. There is one more hearing.

    Save These "Shadow Hearings Dates," Boston's Historic Parks Need Your Voice

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    "The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character." Albert Schweitzer

    About Today in Boston: We keep hearing that people miss our cover photos that ran for years in the Back Bay Sun. That assignment was to provide a photo that showed what the week was like in the neighborhood. Often the photos illustrated favorite quotations. Today in Boston is an occasional offering to our BostonZest readers featuring photos along the same theme but taken wherever we happen to be.

    Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a gift? Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!

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    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photography: © 2016 Penny Cherubino  

  • “The willow which bends to the tempest …”

    A lovely willow still providing us with color in December: Today In Boston! We must speak out for the Public Garden. There is one more hearing.

    Save These "Shadow Hearings Dates," Boston's Historic Parks Need Your Voice

    IMG_1390 copy

    "The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character." Albert Schweitzer

    About Today in Boston: We keep hearing that people miss our cover photos that ran for years in the Back Bay Sun. That assignment was to provide a photo that showed what the week was like in the neighborhood. Often the photos illustrated favorite quotations. Today in Boston is an occasional offering to our BostonZest readers featuring photos along the same theme but taken wherever we happen to be.

    Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a gift? Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!

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    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photography: © 2016 Penny Cherubino  

  • “Snow isn’t just pretty. It also cleanses our world …”

    George Washington crossing the snowy scene in the Public Garden this morning.

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    "Snow isn't just pretty. It also cleanses our world and our senses, not just of the soot and grime of a Fife mining town but also of a kind of weary familiarity, a taken-for-granted quality to which our eyes are all too susceptible." John Burnside, Scottish Writer 

    About Today in Boston: We keep hearing that people miss our cover photos that ran for years in the Back Bay Sun. That assignment was to provide a photo that showed what the week was like in the neighborhood. Often the photos illustrated favorite quotations. Today in Boston is an occasional offering to our BostonZest readers featuring photos along the same theme but taken wherever we happen to be.

    Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a gift? Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!

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    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photography: © 2016 Penny Cherubino  

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  • “Snow isn’t just pretty. It also cleanses our world …”

    George Washington crossing the snowy scene in the Public Garden this morning.

    IMG_1377 copy

    "Snow isn't just pretty. It also cleanses our world and our senses, not just of the soot and grime of a Fife mining town but also of a kind of weary familiarity, a taken-for-granted quality to which our eyes are all too susceptible." John Burnside, Scottish Writer 

    About Today in Boston: We keep hearing that people miss our cover photos that ran for years in the Back Bay Sun. That assignment was to provide a photo that showed what the week was like in the neighborhood. Often the photos illustrated favorite quotations. Today in Boston is an occasional offering to our BostonZest readers featuring photos along the same theme but taken wherever we happen to be.

    Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a gift? Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!

    Details:

    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photography: © 2016 Penny Cherubino  

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  • Venerable European Beech Tree Has Its Moment in the Sun

    Yesterday morning a slice of sunlight fell on this venerable European Beech tree in the Boston Public Garden along Arlington Street.

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    "I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines." Henry David Thoreau

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    Don't let developers take away one second of sunlight on the Public Garden.

     Today in Boston: We keep hearing that people miss our cover photos that ran for years in the Back Bay Sun. That assignment was to provide a photo that showed what the week was like in the neighborhood. Often the photos illustrated favorite quotations. Today in Boston is an occasional offering to our BostonZest readers featuring photos along the same theme but taken wherever we happen to be.

    Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a gift? Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!

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    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photography: © 2016 Penny Cherubino