In my recent posts about my wanderings in central Boston, I’ve made no secret of the fact that I’m in love with Boston Common (and what you can see on it). But today I’d like to highlight its smaller, slightly more formal, elegantly landscaped neighbour, the Boston Public Garden.
The Garden encompasses stretches of velvet grass, lush trees and shrubs whose leaves, like so many around here, are beginning to turn; a lagoon, complete with ducks and geese; a famous statue of the Make Way for Ducklings mama and her brood; and various monuments, including one related to the first use of ether. (No, I don’t know why, either.)
It’s a good place to wander, to feed the birds, to people-watch or to just sit on a bench and drink tea:
cakes, tea and dreams 
The ducklings recently got some winter accessories…have you been secretly doing some guerilla knitting? 😉
You should take our friends’ mp3 audio tour of the Public Garden sometime. It’s really cool.
http://www.audisseyguides.com/bostonpublicgarden/
I just had this I-want-to-live-in-a-beautiful-city sigh. Not that my town isn’t great, but you are really making Boston seem nice.
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