Mr. Mahoney selling flowers out of his van on Old Colony Avenue
By adamg - 4/6/19 - 4:45 pm

There's the opening of Sullivan's at Castle Island, of course, but also the day that Richard Mahoney returns to Old Colony Avenue to sell flowers out the back of his van again, Eileen Murphy reports.

Charles River muse with two photographers
By adamg - 4/29/18 - 1:53 pm

Stevil photographed the photographers photographing one of the local river nymphs along the Charles yesterday.

Copyright Stevil. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

By adamg - 3/20/18 - 12:20 pm

Jay K. reports:

Happy first day of spring!! The Wine trees are starting to bloom in Somerville.

Boston's Hancock building seen through pink blossoms along the Esplanade
By adamg - 5/11/15 - 2:28 pm

Katherine Larson admired the view from the Esplanade today.

Three happy snoozers in Boston's Public Garden
By adamg - 5/6/15 - 10:43 am

Art is everywhere, Leslee shows us on a recent visit to the Public Garden.

The original.

Posted under this Creative Commons license and in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Blooming cherry trees in Somerville
By adamg - 5/4/15 - 7:02 am

Ocschwar enjoyed some flowering trees in Conway Park in Somerville the other day.

Turkeys on Granite Avenue in Dorchester
By adamg - 4/26/15 - 4:36 pm

Welcome to Dot reports these turkeys crossed Granite Avenue today:

The Brooklinization of Dorchester continues.

In South Boston, Eileen Murphy spotted the first ice-cream truck of the season:

Ice cream truck in South Boston
Tulip on Commonwealth Avenue in the Back Bay
By adamg - 5/9/14 - 7:59 am

Leslee spotted a tulip on Commonwealth Avenue near Fairfield that wasn't going to let the construction debris dumped on top of it stop it from blooming.

Posted under this Creative Commons license and in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Crocuses in Brighton
By adamg - 4/6/14 - 6:07 pm

Erica Mattison spotted these spring harbingers in a yard on Comm. Ave. in Brighton today.

By adamg - 4/6/11 - 3:46 pm

Back Bay in bloom

By adamg - 3/26/09 - 8:47 am

Mulch trucks from Maine being spotted all over the place, Ted Villa tweets.

By adamg - 3/22/09 - 2:02 pm

Lolita Parker Jr. finds a crocus locus in Boston.

By adamg - 3/14/09 - 10:57 am

Penny Cherubino provides the proof, from a walk around the Back Bay (including one showing early signs of spring cleaning).

Also see Lolita Parker Jr.'s Seven days in Boston in March.

By adamg - 4/23/08 - 12:37 pm

Back Bay in full bloom (also has discussion of other things in full bloom, amidst the reeds along the Muddy River in the Fenway).

By adamg - 2/7/07 - 11:09 am

There's a meatball-shaped robin in Newton. And Soxaholix reports another sure sign of spring: