A view north from Robbins Farm Park. November 22, 2011.
A North Night Horizon
Category Parks
Well Done
A charred tree branch found in Menotomy Rocks park. January 19, 2012.
Shadow of History
The shadow of the American flag on the front of the Jason Russell house, where, on April 19, 1775, the bloodiest battle of the first day of the American Revolution took place. April 17, 2016.
The Beaten Path
A path beaten up Hills Hill. February 1, 2012.
Pond and Path
A view of Hills Pond and a path in Menotomy Rocks Park. August 9, 2010.
Burnt Up
The charred remains of wooden frame of sorts found at Hill’s Hill. February 1, 2012.
Vine
A vine crawls through the fence keeping the children of Stratton Elementary School out of Pheasant Avenue during recess. July 21, 2010.
Stratton Campus
The M. Norcross Stratton Elementary school and its blacktop, playing field, and playground under a foreboding sky. July 21, 2010.
Towering Through the Trees
The dome of the Park Avenue water tower seen above—and through—the trees from the grounds around the Turkey Hill water tower. June 7, 2010.
Riparian Pathway
A path winds through trees along the banks of the Mystic river. August 1, 2011.
Blue Streak
A duck standing in shallow water on the shores of the Arlington Reservoir on the first day of spring. March 20, 2012.
Morning Silhouette
Boston silhouetted against an early morning sky as seen from Robbins Farm Park. August 2, 2011.
Benches
Benches along the fence between Lowell Street and the Arlington Reservoir swimming area. October 10, 2011.
A Light in the Night
A light illuminates the far corner of the Arlington High School campus. December 17, 2011.
A Pile of Shot
Cannon balls stacked as part of a monument in Arlington Center.
November 26, 2011.
A Gift From Hauck
A plaque on the side of the Uncle Sam statue in Arlington Center memorializing the people who made it possible.
November 23, 2011.
Dog in the Pines
A dog fetches a stick and looks to its owner in between the pines of Menotomy Rocks Park. January 19, 2012.
Out Over a Limb
A birdhouse strapped to a pin tree in Menotomy Rocks Park. January 19, 2012.
The Far Side of the Ice
A man walks his dog around a frozen Hill’s Pond in Menotomy Rocks Park. January 19, 2012.
Fluff
Seeds loosen from a cattail in a still January breeze along the edge of Hill’s Pond. January 19, 2012.
Ice, Cattail, Grass
A frozen Hill’s Pond in Menotomy Rocks Park. January 19, 2012.
Melting
Melting ice on Spy Pond. January 24, 2012.
Spotted
Spotted wintergreen poking through the carpet of fallen leaves in Menotomy Rocks Park. January 19, 2012.
Cusack Terrace
The façade of Cusack Terrace as seen from the Arlington Catholic practice field. February 28, 2012.
Night Hunter
A nighttime detail of Cyrus E. Dallin’s Menotomy Indian Hunter in the Town Hall garden. February 21, 2012.
Fleur de Leave
A clay flower left on the war memorial in Arlington Center. March 13, 2012.
Admiring the Art
A mother and her children sit in the Town Hall garden opposite Cyrus E. Dallin’s “Menotomy Indian Hunter.” April 4, 2012.
The Trail Splits
A map of the Arlington Reservoir, broken in the middle, at the head of the trail along Lowell Street. March 13, 2012.
Broccoli
A patch of broccoli in the Robbins Farm Garden. April 14, 2012.
Uprooted Asphalt
A pile of rubble that used to be a tennis court in front of the Arlington High School climbing wall in Wellington Park. June 24, 2011.
Cylindrical
Brick tubes dug up during the renovation of the Grove Street tennis courts. June 24, 2011.
Consecrated in 1775
A plaque at Massachusetts Avenue and Lowell Street reminding passers by of the fighting on the first day of the American Revolution at the Foot of the Rocks. April 11, 2011.
Infinity
A detail of colonial mile marker 8. Eight miles from Boston by road and about seven and a half as the crow flies. August 30, 2011.
A Picnic in the Garden
A mother has a picnic in the Town Hall garden with her daughter. April 16, 2012.
Cemented
A decorative cement feature outside of the Foster Street entrance to the former Gibbs Jr. High School. March 8, 2012.
Memorial Island
The memorial to Lt. John P. Connors on an island between Warren Street and Broadway. September 19, 2011.
End to End
Puddles on the basketball court at Summer Street field.
October 21, 2010.
Grown In
An old tackling sled ensnarled by a thicket along the edge of Arlington Catholic’s Summer Street athletic field prior to its synthetic turf makeover.
February 28, 2012.
Organic Matter
The shadow of plant matter on the placid surface of the Arlington Reservoir.
June 29, 2010.
Top of the Tower
A view of Winslow Tower on an early Spring day.
April 4, 2012.
School Garden
Welcome to the 5th grade,
September 13, 2015. SC
Minuteman at the Ready
A detail of the face of a Minuteman—one of four figures—at the base of the Robbins memorial flagpole, sculpted by Cyrus E. Dallin.
April 4, 2012.
Birdie Bench
A bird enjoying a bench in the Town Hall garden.
July 05, 2013.
Picnic in the Park
People enjoy Robbins Farm park on a spring day.
April 14, 2012.
Squaw
Cyrus E. Dalin’s depiction of Squaw Sachem, the woman who live on the land before the village of Menotomy was established, on the flagpole base in the Town Hall garden.
April 4, 2012.
Grounded
A bird caught hopping around the grounds of the Whittemore-Robbins house.
April 4, 2012.
Strolling Down the Avenue
A couple walks down Massachusetts Avenue along the wall of the Winfield Robbins Memorial Garden.
April 4, 2012.
Parked at the Edge of Spy
A young man sits on a bench at Spy Pond Park.
April 26, 2013.
Practice Row
An Arlington-Belmont Crew boat out for practice on Spy Pond.
September 12, 2013.
Yard Work
Father and son raking up leaves in their Pond Terrace yard.
October 04, 2015.
Walking with the Dog
A woman walks her dog to Spy Pond field.
October 04, 2015.
Culvert
A culvert running into the Mystic River.
March 8, 2012.
Hooked In
Some hardware in Menotomy Rocks park.
January 19, 2012
Winters Coming
Winters on it’s way in Arlington Center.
November 15, 2013
Fishin’
People fish at the end of the boat launch at Spy Pond.
October 04, 2015.
Erected in 1912
A plaque noting the generous contributions toward the building of the bleachers at Spy Pond Field.
October 04, 2015
Deflator
A flat and abandoned basketball on Spy Pond field.
October 04, 2015
Mr and Mrs Hornblower
A plaque on the cement bleachers at Spy Pond playground acknowledging the donors of the land.
October 04, 2015.
Under the B&M
A short tunnel under what once was the Boston and Maine rail line that now carries the Minuteman Bikeway over a connection between Spy Pond field and Whittemore Street. October 04, 2015.
A Stroll and A Smile
A family enjoying a walk in Arlington Center at twilight.
September 26, 2015.
Symmes History
One of a few stone posts in Hattie Symmes Park with (very sharp) metal plates affixed that chronicle the history of the Symmes site.
August 29, 2015.
Arlington High From Higher
Arlington High School as seen from a hill to the north.
August 29, 2015.
Beyond Tufts
Smokestacks and the Tobin bridge on the horizon behind the Tufts campus in Medford. As seen from Hattie Symmes Park.
August 29, 2015.
Hattie Symmes Park
A woman enjoys the view of the Boston skyline and surrounding towns from Hattie Symmes Park.
August 29, 2015.
Land Trust
A granite pylon marks land protected by the Town of Arlington and Arlington Land Trust along Summer Street.
August 29, 2015.
Sun on Eastern
A family heads toward the van after some play time at Robbins Farm Park.
August 05, 2015.
Someone’s Unprotected
A bicycle helmet sits, unclaimed, on the the post of a Bishop Elementary School fence.
August 05, 2015.
Window to the Mystic
The trees of Window on the Mystic Park along U.S. Route 3.
July 11, 2015. SC
Be Chairful Out There!
An art exhibition (Chairful Where You Sit) in Whittemore Park, the front lawn of the Jefferson Cutter House that houses the Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum.
July 11, 2015.
It’s a Jungle Out There
Dense foliage in Meadow Brook Park.
October 03, 2013.
Happy Fourth
People watch Boston’s fireworks from Robbins Farm Park, a yearly tradition for many Arlingtonians.
July 04, 2012.
A Way to the Light
The flora of Meadow Brook Park sandwiched between Mystic Valley Parkway and Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
October 03, 2013.
Lazy River
Mill Brook as it winds through Meadow Brook Park on its way to the Lower Mystic Lake.
October 03, 2013.
Fenced In
Beyond two fences, a baseball games takes place at Spy Pond field.
June 07, 2015.
Curves of Grass
Mowing patterns on Buzzell Field.
October 03, 2013.
Easterly View
The view in an easterly direction from Robbins Farm Park at twilight.
April 09, 2013.
Big Dog, Little Dog
Dogs play in the field at Menotomy Rocks Park.
May 10, 2013.
Sun on the Canopy
Sunlight touches the top of a tree in Meadow Brook Park during the latter stages of the day.
October 03, 2013.
Frosty Reception
A plaque along the main path from Eastern Avenue into Robbins Farm Park.
May 30, 2015.
Radial
A concrete area that serves as the focal point of a bench area at Robbins Farm Park that gives a panoramic view of the Boston skyline and surrounds. A sundial is planned to be installed here in the near future.
May 30, 2015.
Greyhounds
A man walks greyhounds down Lombard Terrace.
June 07, 2015. SC
Four Rocks
Small boulders in the field at Robbins Farm.
May 30, 2015.
Tennis Anyone?
Construction of new tennis courts at Spy Pond field.
June 07, 2015.
A Walk at Spy
A woman walks at the banks of Spy Pond.
June 07, 2015. SC
Baseball in the Background
A baseball game played at a Spy Pond field that looks a bit dirtier due to the installation of new tennis courts.
June 07, 2015.
A Cloud in the Sky
The Boston skyline as seen from Skyline Park.
May 30, 2015.
Atop the Hill
The classical Greek inspired water tower holding 1,995,000 gallons of water 382 feet above sea level.
August 08, 2014
“And Only Pausing To Fire and Load”
Menotomy Minutemen emerge from “under the trees at the turn of the road” to cross the Jason Russell house lawn during Town Day.
September 15, 2012.
Which Way?
Geese along the banks of the Mystic River.
August 08, 2014.
Visiting Team
A visiting girls soccer team warms up before a match on Pierce field behind Arlington High School.
Septmber 11, 2013
Camouflage
A cricket—or possibly a grasshopper— blended into the mostly dried late summer grass at Hill’s Hill.
September 11, 2013.
A Goal and a Moon in the Sky
The moon can be seen over a soccer net on the Hill’s Hill playing field.
September 11, 2013.
Scouring Flowers
A bee crawls from flower to flower in Town Hall garden collecting pollen.
July 05, 2013.
Oh Buoy
A buoy on Spy Pond.
September 12, 2013.
Tilted
Centuries old headstones in the Old Burying Ground.
September 12, 2013.
The Town Flagpole
The flag at half staff on the Town Hall flagpole. The Cyrus Dallin sculpture “Allegory of Massachusetts” the finial.
September 12, 2013.
In Her Ear
A crew coach shouts instructions through a megaphone during a practice on Spy Pond.
September 12, 2013.
Covered in Snow
A snowy field and playground under a bright February sunset.
February 10, 2015.
Icicles
Icicles near the playground-side entrance to the M. Norcross Stratton School.
February 10, 2015.
Do Not Something
Plywood prevents—and warns—people not to use this Pheasant Avenue entrance to the Stratton School blacktop.
February 10, 2015.
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