Today I won’t be a downer by ranting and raving about pipelines or eminent domain or fracking.
I’m totally cool with the idea of giving up my land to a private company all in the name of the “local public good”. That “local public good” being the sheer enjoyment of seeing that fracked gas sent overseas.
I am not going to bring up the potential of losing all of that wonderfully wild growth at the back of my property.
Nor will I discuss the loss of the mass amount of milkweed plants I’ve been fortunate to gain over the years. You know, the only host plant for the ever shrinking population of Monarch butterflies.
I won’t wax poetic about the loss of numerous native perennials that I have witnessed self seeding for more than a decade.
You know, those perennials that draw in these types of visitors on a regular basis.
Lucky for you all, I won’t whine about the possible loss of my favorite solitary spot.
Or the loss of River Birch trees I planted myself over 5 years ago.
Nope. I won’t go there.
Instead of that, I’ll share photos of our recent trip to Boston. Hopefully it is a little more uplifting.
Being a baseball obsessed family and all, we couldn’t miss a trip to Fenway Park.
And how cool that we got to sit directly behind the legendary “Pesky Pole” on our inaugural visit.
She totally hated it.
We walked a good portion of the city including the green space/park that replaced the original elevated highway.
We hit up the infamous North End and all of its Italian glory.
Loads and loads of history revisited along the way.
A nice long walk along the Charles River.
And even a tour of Boston on the Duck boat/bus. Check out the following video with my daughter actually manning the boat and more importantly, soak in that fantastic Bah-ston accent from our stellar tour guide.
And after all of that, we enjoyed hanging with family and doing … summer things.
Great photos !
Thanks Tina!
Looks like you had a great time and let’s not discuss the pipeline and how it will destroy your yard! Makes me ill!
Was a nice distraction for sure. What is this pipeline you speak of?
How fun for your daughter…that’ll be a memory that sticks for awhile. I lived in the Boston area for about 6 years (little town called Hopkinton.. .beginng town for the Marathon) and hearing how the guide pronounced the word “shore” really took me back.
Totally understandable how the other issue continues to eat away at you…proves you’re human.
We loved Boston and already have plans for another visit. I can’t get enough of that accent too.
I know it’s got to be hard to enjoy the summer with the pipeline problem hanging over you and your home but I’m glad you’re working on family memories despite this.
We will keep pushing on Kris and fight it like mad at the same time. So many have it so much worse so we are keeping it all in perspective.