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Between NY and CT, I spent a good bit of time trying to capture the way the water running down the rocks along the side of the road was frozen, but we were moving too fast to really get it. |
Hartford, CT
I used to listen to the Get Up Kids song, but didn’t realize what the Mass Pike was until this moment:
Most of the rest of these pictures are my brother’s. He has the same camera as me and takes better photos, go figure.
The view of Boston from our hotel room:
Grand Lodge of Masons (above), a few from Boston Common (below)
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From Wikipedia: “Above the bas-relief stands a female figure, ‘Free America.’ With her left land she clasps a flag about to be unfurled, and in her right hand she holds the broken chain of oppression. Beneath her right foot she crushes the royal crown of England, which lies torn and twisted on the ground. At the left of the figure, clinging to the edge of the base, is an eagle. Thirteen stars are cut into one of the faces of the monument. Beneath these stars in raised letters are the names of Crispus Attucks, Samuel Gray, James Caldwell, Samuel Maverick, and Patrick Carr.” |
| I did a report on Crispus Attucks in elementary school, in front of my classmates and a video camera, the highlight of which was: “Crispus Attucks—2 legit 2 quit.” (The teacher required we end with that or “It’s Hammer time.”) |
I am pointing out the Native Americans in the lower left corner, who are (incredulously, one might suppose) watching the people land their boat on the shore and disembark. This was the day before Thanksgiving, I thought it was an appropriate thing to point out.
pesto penne in Little Italy; my brother got a cannoli afterward and we walked back to the hotel room and called it a day.