Fresh Pond Reservation

Temperature in the 70s. Another almost cloudless day. It was a long day and a long walk. We also went shopping at Pemberton's over near Porter Square, passing through Danehy Park. Today's big news at the pond was this dead fish between posts 516 and 517 (near the bottom and slightly to the left). This photo of a helicoptor and jet contrail was a coincidence. There was no plan for this to happen or for me to take this picture. There was also little chance of a collision as the jet was probably at 30,000 feet and the helicoptor at about 1,000. Urban anomaly. Drowned tennis ball. This squirrel ran along the fence, just ahead of us for more than 50 yards. Red thingies have been falling from trees for several days. Today some of them are half red and half yellow. Next thing you know we veered off the path, crossed Concord Street, through Danehy Park and arrived at Pemberton's where we met Julia, Meredith, and Sandy, some people from our past and present. Back to FP and these trees which are just starting to show some red/pink leaves. We didn't know, and you can see them, but the Kiowa family is just up ahead on the left, coming towards us. We chatted briefly, including Kiowa's recent surgery. Two thirds of us take a short rest while one third take this picture. You can also see that its been at very busy day at FP. The picture is taken at what I call FP3. Its the third place where I take the same photo each day. Finally, because I'm getting tired, and you don't want to read any more of my yammering, there's this picture of a small snapping turtle at post 50. Look at the center of the picture, then down and a bit to the left.



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