...of course, wherever we are, birds are part of it, and Matty and I loved all the Boston city birds. When we first arrived, we took a water taxi to our hotel, and as soon as we set out into the harbor cormorants flew by...up close and gorgeous. Lots of gulls and a few terns were along the docks...and among the city buildings and in the parks, sweet little English House Sparrows were everywhere. This little sparrow was just a few feet from me in the King's Chapel Burying Ground...
A Boston Sparrow from Kelly Riccetti on Vimeo.
We got home early this evening, so I thought I'd throw a Boston Freedom Trail "Sampler" up quickly. I didn't take my big camera with me, opting to travel light, so I used my little Panasonic Lumix and my iPhone. They both worked out well...
Listen, my children, and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.
Longfellow
...Matty walks towards Quincy's Market...across from...
...Faneuil Hall...
...where that very famous grasshopper has been perched for a very long time...
...tombstone art...always a favorite of mine.
...and there's lots to go around in Boston. This design is a little different from the norm...
The Paul Revere memorial in the Granary burying Ground...
For making such a large mark on history, Revere's tombstone is remarkably modest.
"Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes..."
Bunker Hill Monument (...located on Breed's Hill where the battle was fought on June 17, 1775.)
...more to come.
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