Most cool photo from the Esplanade at sunset.

Hey, if it's good enough for the geese, it's good enough for the woman Tammy spotted:

... An Asian woman was foraging for greens along the banks of the Charles carrying a large shopping bag full of them. Since she didn't look crazy, I stopped to ask what she was picking.

She didn't speak any English, but she showed me a particular plant that was growing in bushy clumps along the riverbank and gestured that you could eat it. It seemed like something I might have seen before, with leaves in threes that were pointy and jagged on the edges like parsley, but floppy like cilantro. It tasted like grassy sage. I tried to find out what it was called or what she did with it, but really nothing was getting through. ...

Meanwhile, Steve Sherlock asks you to be vewwy, vewwy quiet, because he's hunting dandelions.

Paul Keleher took in the Run of the Charles races today, including this 26-mile run.

Longfellow Bridge is falling down, falling down? Sorta, but not really, state says. Which, as Michael Pahre recalls, is what the state said about the BU Bridge upriver:

Few people would likely disagree that the DCR (and its predecessor agencies) has a poor record in maintaining their infrastructure, although some blame could easily be pointed at the State Legislature and/or Governor for failure to allocate sufficient funding. But the DCR should do a better job at recognizing and reporting the condition of the infrastructure under their control, rather that making public misstatements or engaging in peculiar reporting practices. The public statements of DCR officials about the current condition of their bridges is straining their credibility.

Good, moody Esplanade photo.

Teddy Kokoros takes photos at the Moody Street dam on the Charles.

Dramtic sunset today.

Not the most dramatic sunset, but still a pleasant way to end a warmish day at the giant dog park that Millennium Park in West Roxbury seems to have become (it was amazing how many people were there at sunset with their dogs today).

Sunrise over the Charles.

Sunset over the Financial District.

Teddy Kokoros posts photos.