MadTy spotted this seal in the harbor off the Black Falcon pier yesterday.
Boston Harbor
The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can figure out what's going on in this photo and when.
Eileen Murphy braved the cold to watch the sunset from South Boston this evening.
The City of Boston Credit Union will underwrite fireworks over the harbor as 2016 begins, the mayor's office announced today.
The credit union will kick in $30,000 towards the pyrotechnics, good news since the company now running First Night said last week it didn't have any money for them.
The Herald reports Mayor Walsh doesn't want to let go of harbor fireworks without a fight, after hearing they might not go on due to the cost.
Earlier this week, whichever imp runs the signboards on Morrissey Boulevard programmed the one heading away from UMass to warn of ghoulish tides over the next few days.
Walking along Boston Harbor near the Aquarium at lunchtime today, Jason Richardson discovered they weren't kidding:
Tamas K-L watched a plane on its final approach to Logan during yesterday's unusual sunset.
The other day, Steve shared the wharf at the end of Lewis Street in East Boston at sunset with another photographer.
Copyright Steve. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Mike took a look at the three cruise liners docked at the Black Falcon Pier today: The Norwegian Dawn, the Queen Mary 2 and the Serenade of the Seas.
People were getting their phones out along Centre Street in West Roxbury this evening to take photos of the sunset.
And people everywhere else were looking up as well: Read more.
Out in Boston Harbor today, Ryan Meador noticed two boats that had run aground - the first on Nix's Mate, a little nothing of an island on which colonial authorities once gibbetted the bodies of executed pirates - they hung their bodies up to sway in the wind as a warning - the second in an area called Lower Middle.
The first boat appeared pretty solidly stuck, but the second looked like it might make it off when the tide came in: Read more.
Ryan went for a walk this morning and captured Boston Harbor and the Tobin Bridge.
UPDATE: Board rules no violation.
A Brighton man who celebrated his 24th birthday last month by taking a leap into Boston Harbor from the top of Legal Harborside on Northern Avenue got the restaurant hauled before the Boston Licensing Board today to explain how it will keep that from happening again. Read more.
Michael Ratty watched the sunset from the Seaport tonight.
Neil, meanwhile, was out on the water watching the sun go down over Boston: Read more.
On Pier 4, near the road on the World Trade Center side, you can now buy any of several types of frozen bait from a vending machine that is open for business 24 hours a day: Clams, squid, pogies, herring and, of course, whole mackerel. Read more.
MadTy watched a boy learn some fishing skills at Marina Bay in Quincy today.
David Parsons watched the fireworks over Boston Harbor last night.
Earlier:
Fireworks video.
Copyright David Parsons. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.