The leaves are just starting to hint at their fall colors, with tones of orange and yellow showing through on some maple trees. At Cat Rock Park in Weston, the fields are blooming with mauve sweet joe's pye weed, yellow golden rod, and white fleabane. The persistant trill of crickets is a reminder to enjoy these fading days of summer.

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Although we had intended on going to the art museum in Boston yesterday, we had a late start and found ourselves inexplicably drawn back to Harold Parker Forest. As we sauntered over towards the office to grab a new copy of the trail map I was spotted by a staff member who, after asking if I needed help, bluntly asked me if I was there to pick ( Read more... )

As hoped, the rain tapered off just in time for 4th of July weekend. We invented an unusual dinner of bbq chicken and steak combined with blueberry pancakes topped with sliced strawberries. Although we didn't get out to any firework displays, our neighbors across the creek lit a few that we made out through the trees.

On Saturday we tried to go ( Read more... )