She has put a supernatural amount of love into caring for this dog.

I need to post these pictures before I load the new batch on to Photobucket or I'll go batty! This little guy was stuck to the zoo hospital one early morning. He was gone later when I remembered he was there.

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While walking the dogs this morning, the Riverway was a riot of birdsong, especially the unfamiliar buzzing and twittering of migratory warblers. Bird watching while dogwalking is not very effective, so we brought the dogs home, and came back out with our binoculars and cameras.


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We look at Alexis' slideshow of pictures, upon returning from the West Roxbury Quarry.

Charlie and I went to Ward's Pond yesterday. Still too cold for me to go in, but he liked it.
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Alexis and the dogs and I went to Cochituate State Park in Natick, although I think we wandered onto the grounds of the Wayland Town Beach. Charlie got in his first good swim of the year.

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Some Sunday 'yard' work.

Alex, Alexis, the dogs and I went to Callahan State Park in Framingham today. Here Charlie and I are admiring the big white pines.

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Now that I see it closer, I think it's a painted turtle.

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First spring brunch at Flann's. It was cold and drizzly out, but Alex, Alexis and I had a nice time.
I saw my first open daffodils on the way.

The home workstation.

We went to the Quincy Quarries reservation today, a former granite quarry that is now public land managed by the department of conservation and recreation. There was cool stuff to photograph before we even left the parking area.

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My honey, now the driver in the family.

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... )

Leave it to my brother to take a simple meme and turn it into 2000 word assignment. In addressing his suggestion, "Blog about your transition from kid fascinated with animals to art student to zookeeper," I have also answered drocera's questions about what it was like where I grew up, what I was like in high school and how I met Alexis. belen1974's questions (including the exciting one about my back hair) will have to wait for another post. Trust me, after this novella, you'll need a break.

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Parking at the Mission Hill Stop & Shop to go have lunch at Flann's.

Coming home from our tax date. Man, I gotta stop leaving my camera at work. These cellphone pics aren't cuttin' it.

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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... )