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underpass, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.

I joined urbpan and a few others this morning along the Muddy River in Boston for an urban nature walk, as part of my get-out-and-do-stuff-different initiative. It was the perfect day for it, and it's a lovely park that goes along a street I've traveled many times, 'though I've never explored there before.

Getting there was a challenge, as today was also the huge walk for hunger event that had Commonwealth Ave. blocked off, and no matter how I tried to get around it, I kept hitting police barriers. It was also the first time I tried using Siri for driving directions, and I fear I confused the heck out of her. I ended up backtracking and getting back on Storrow Drive, where I could take an exit that took me over Comm Ave instead of through it. I made it just in time!

We walked up and down the paths along the river, which has several lovely old stone bridges and lots of great old trees. We saw lots of birds, including a Flicker and a Great Blue Heron, and some wildlife, including a muskrat and a couple of turtles.







asakiyume, you should recognize this:



urbpan took a branch that looked like the one on the left (above) and put it in the water while we walked. When he retrieved it, the black spots had swollen into the mushrooms you see on the right! That was pretty cool.

It was great to meet another LJ friend in the flesh, especially one whose posts on nature I have enjoyed so much. Yet another reason I'm glad to be back in eastern Mass.

This afternoon, I went to the dollar store and bought some more flower bulbs, and also planted some morning glory & moonflower seeds. More flowers!