JP Arboretum & Vermont's Long Trail

Bright pink azaleas in Jamaica Plain's Arboretum in May

One of the Arboretum's famous lilacs

Andres and I went for a hike for a couple nights along Vermont's Long Trail/Appalachian Trail.  In case it's not obvious enough, his spirit animal is a dog.

Ferns

This is the shelter where we stayed our last night on the trail.

New England Summeriness

Andres atop Franconia Ridge on the Appalachian Trail in New Hampshire's White Mountains...

Marié at Little Rock Pond along the Appalachian Trail in Vermont

Allison and Halcyon in Vermont...

With their new giant solar panel

Garrison feeds his chickens the kitchen compost.

Marié rowing a boat on Jamaica Pond...

Springtime Kaleidoscopes in Boston

Kaleidoscopes from the Arboretum this Spring...

Zeb with the flower of the dove tree

And one from along the Charles River

Springtime in the Arboretum

Flowers were bloomin' in the Arnold Arboretum this Spring...

Flowers of the unique Dove Tree...It also is called the handkerchief tree due to how its flowers hang.  They appear to be like the wings of doves.  The story of how the tree was first acquired from western China by a Harvard explorer/horticulturist around 1900 is pretty interesting.  

These crocuses were the first Spring flowers to appear.

The Shapiros and Z Zankel soak up the divine scents of the Arboretum's lilacs.

Outside of the Arboretum and along the Promenade of the Charles River

And further afield, a strange finding of glass bottles in the middle of the forest out at Blue Hills Reservation.

Arnold Arboretum in the Winter

Living in close proximity to the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain, I was awarded many fine walks and strolls through a quiet magical snowy landscape during the frigid months of Boston's winter. 

The conifer section is always rad, even in winter.

A sledding path on Bussey Hill

And snow finally melts.