Tuesday, July 24
Until this morning when traffic got the best of me, I've been heading down to Lewis Wharf, where there's this perfect spot for sitting, smelling the ocean and looking out. It's peaceful with the sailboats quietly moored and the docks empty. What I watch are the waves, and the way the early morning sun makes the water sparkle on their tops so they look like fireflies dancing. The bigger the waves are, the more sparkles they have, but they're never spread out across the water like later in the day when the sun is overhead. The morning sparkly waves just stay in their narrow path between the rising sun and me, coming in, touching the shore and heading back out in a continuous flow. I accept their greetings and start my day.
posted by Judy at 9:19 PM|link
Monday, July 23
The big dig has begun in Braintree with the beginning of construction for the new family room addition. Though it's possible to imagine what things will be like based on the drawings, the hole gives a reality to what had been just a dream.
The large photo was taken from the top of the dirt pile that you see in the first small shot. The basement wall shot in the middle makes it look like a really old farmhouse and the last shot shows there's still something green around the edges.
posted by Judy at 10:54 AM|link
Sunday, July 22
Anyone want to hire a professional flaneur? Just call 1/800-flaneur. Strolling around and observing everything is basically what I've been doing for the last few months. I've continued my Paris outlook back here in Boston, and it's amazing how many new and different things I've seen. Part of it comes from having a camera at the ready. It just makes me look at everything a little more closely and things that might have escaped me before, are not only noticed but captured and saved.
So here's a series of photos from a wonderful walk I took yesterday, all along the harbor, from Lewis Wharf to the Northern Avenue bridge near South Station. Because I started out well fortified with a latte, my first stop was not until I reached the new Imax Theatre, now under construction next to the Aquarium. This shot is actually the
back side of the buildings, taken from a little park next to the Harbor Towers apartments. From there I walked along past Rowe's Wharf and the Boston Harbor Hotel over to the new Courthouse. This
side view shows the way the half-circle building wraps around, and how
closeup to a window, you can see directly through to the front windows. I'd like to be standing right up inside there to see the view out in both directions. Walking back from the Courthouse across the Northern Avenue Bridge, I chuckled over the contrary sound of the
closed for opening sign, a leftover from when the bridge still rotated out of the way to allow boats to pass below. I finished up at the
James Hook Lobster Company, an authentic, dockside market, advertising its specialty with this
shiny lobster on the roof. Sheesh! This is making me sound like a tour guide or something. Perhaps my next job should be driving one of those duckboats around the city.
posted by Judy at 2:53 PM|link
