By adamg on Wed., 5/20/2020 - 10:48 am
Charlie Rosenberg has been wandering around Franklin Park, photographing the Emerald Necklace's pendant, including this perfectly poised boulder.
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There used to be a feature....;
By Ward8Mahatma
Wed, 05/20/2020 - 12:24pm
...so popular it made it onto old time postcards of the park, some of which my grandparents had. It was called Balance Rock- a puddingstone boulder precariously balanced atop a rock outcropping. My grandfather and I went looking for it one day in the 70’s when we were in the park for one of his valiant efforts to teach me golf (the clubhouse had recently & suspiciously burned down, not a good omen...). We found it, but it was hidden by all sorts of brush (the park was in sad shape then). On the postcard, it was completely visible with nothing whatsoever around it
from http://www.mr-nash.com
By Scratchie
Wed, 05/20/2020 - 6:02pm
[img]http://www.mr-nash.com/rants/wp-content/uploads/20...
from http://www.mr-nash.com/rants/franklin-park-the-bal...
Hold my beer
By dmcboston
Wed, 05/20/2020 - 11:33pm
Bubble Rock, MDI
[img]https://i.imgur.com/q31eF0D.jpg[/img]
Geologists say it's a 'glacial erratic', but it was actually Druids.
We had a similar rock on our street back in Lincoln, MA.
By mplo
Thu, 05/21/2020 - 9:32am
It was called Balancing Rock, and with ample reason: It was a huge rock that balanced right near the edge of a rather large cliff that overlooked one of our neighbors' houses. It was a popular rock, frequented by many kids on our street, including my younger sister and myself.
That’s it!
By Ward8Mahatma
Thu, 05/21/2020 - 7:22am
That’s it!
By Ward8Mahatma
Thu, 05/21/2020 - 7:22am
That brings back memories.... Thanks a million :-)
Now if Plimouth Rock was more
By anon
Wed, 05/20/2020 - 4:03pm
Now if Plimouth Rock was more like this it would be easier to swallow as an historic site etc..
Is it me, or does that huge
By anon
Wed, 05/20/2020 - 4:17pm
Is it me, or does that huge boulder look like it could roll down that hill? Is that a hill, or not? Sort of scary.
Another big park boulder, this one in Waltham
By Ron Newman
Thu, 05/21/2020 - 9:54am
Prospect Hill Park in Waltham, photo taken April 19:
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Better photo of Waltham rock
By Ron Newman
Thu, 05/21/2020 - 2:18pm
taken shortly afterwards, showing how precariously it appears to be balanced:
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