Splashes of Color: Boston's Nor'Easter No. 4: Just Enough Snow To Be Pretty: also Graves

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Instead of walking to work directly from South Station yesterday, I took the Red Line to Park Street and walked across Boston Common. It's a more scenic route, and it gives me the opportunity to ride more trains.

This was during the tail end of the fourth nor'easter we've had in three weeks. I was grateful this storm turned out to be a dud - in terms intensity, anyway.

^{Old Burial Ground to the left, Public Gardens to the right. John Hancock skyscraper in the background.}

In terms of picture potential, it was a 5/5. The city was muted to near black-and-white levels, so that the occasional splashes of color really popped. Like the violet umbrella above, and the scarlet coat below:

I managed to totally botch this photo of the State House. Why would I hide the iconic golden dome behind bare trees? Still, I like the energy of the lines in the foreground. And the scattered figures make us forget that there's millions of souls within a mile of this point.

There's no color in the next one. That's probably why the lady in the skinny pants is so drawn into the brighter world of her phone.

^{But it's nice to think that fountain'll be running soon.}

Of course, turning around reveals that this place is actually pretty darn active.

Last time, I photographed the cemetery below from the other side. Today, from the center of the commons, it looked more restful. The city behind is almost like a painted backdrop, two-dimensional and fading. While death is eternal.

(Nothing like a little weather to bring out the inner goth. But you can see where the New Englander Puritan religious influence comes from. Future post: were our early settlers this country's first emo-goths?)

^{The tall building in the left background is completely gutted, and a very active construction site. But it looks restful here.}

^{Left or right? It doesn't matter. All paths lead to the graveyard... (LOL)}

I'm pretty pleased with the built in camera of my Honor 7x phone. While I miss the versatility of a physical zoom, the trade-off in portability is more than worth it. And I probably wouldn't have taken out a more expensive camera in this weather anyway. I'd be too nervous about water getting into the mechanism!

OK, got to leave for work now. I'll leave you where we started, at the beginning of yesterday, as I head in for the beginning of today.

Savor your color where you can find it!