Harold Parker State Forest beckoned yesterday afternoon. The sky was amazing, bright blue decorated with building clouds.
Shortly after I took this photo the sky turned gray. Not too long after that hail started falling. It was followed by a quickly moving rainstorm and a drop in temperature.
The clouds formed patterns above the ocean. A line of clear blue sky showed between clouds and water.
My walk at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge today started about 2 hours after high tide. The beach close to the water's edge was slanted but walkable.
There's a walk in Topsfield that a friend and I have been referring to as "the critter walk" because it passes fields that are often filled with animals. Our favorites are the rescue animals, including donkeys, alpacas, and sheep. This afternoon felt like a good time to visit.
While this donkey didn't risk coming close to us - I suppose he thought we were 2-legged animals on the other side of the fence - he did agree to stand still long enough for a photo.
Bright colors jump from a stylized portrait on the front of a house in Salem, MA.
I would guess the occupants can give directions to their home without supplying a house number.
Sea gulls sit on a pier overlooking the Merrimack River in Newburyport.
All of the birds were facing the same direction. I wonder how they communicate their intention.
This beautiful lady is looking up from the side of a building along a narrow alley in Salem.
She was a challenge to photograph. I stood against the facing wall looking to the sky, hoping to capture a reasonable picture of the mural. Sometimes I wish I could fly!
Kaupoku, by HulaIt was a good afternoon for a walk in Boston, including a stroll under the Zakim Bridge.
As I walked along the Piscataqua River in Portsmouth I came upon two tugboats, docked and waiting for work.
The artists who created the new murals on Peabody Street in Salem were inspired by Nina Simone’s song, "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free".
This portrait by Kedrin Frias caught my eye.
Walking by the ocean brings me a sense of calm. Yesterday I walked at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge as it moved closer to low tide. Many more birds than humans populated the refuge.
My beach walk was accompanied by the music of the waves.
Late afternoon light highlighted a tree continuing to wear autumn colors as I walked along the Shawsheen River.
Yesterday was a good day to visit The Point neighborhood in Salem to see new murals that were created in October.
Twenty Massachusetts-based artists were selected for this year's Call for Art, inspired by Nina Simone’s “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" installed their murals on the National Grid Wall on Peabody Street in Salem. Graffiti artist JEKS from Greensboro, North Carolina installed a new large-scale mural in the Point neighborhood. The mural titled "the fish bowl" can be viewed on Dodge Street, behind the Walgreens. It was commissioned by Hampton Inn.I found a number of the new murals installed on the National Grid Wall to be very interesting, but the one that really stood out for me was the large mural created by JEKS titled "the fish bowl".
It's a hard day today. Yesterday's election brought the expected "still counting" result to the race for president. My poor sleep pattern was clearly caused by worries over what could happen; I woke every hour between 2 and 4 AM and finally decided it was time to stop trying to sleep at 4:30.
I am trying to hold onto hope that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will win. I know I'm not alone as I continue to hope.
Trees are reaching their late autumn "no leaves" state. A Gingko left a carpet of yellow beneath its almost bare branches.
