We had a long Thanksgiving weekend and we made the most of the wintery sunshine. One of our walks took us around the Tufts University Campus in Medford. With panoramic views across the Boston skyline, the campus was beautiful, if chilly! Gorgeous trees between interesting hard landscaping and sculptures, it was a lovely addition to our weekend.









Walking around our garden, the most notable thing to see is what happens when you don’t throw away your Fall porch decorations quickly enough – the squirrels have a field day :)



But, our Amaryllis is doing very well!



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Gorgeous pics. Would love to visit Boston one day! Do like the squirrel’s recycling attempts! :)
Thank you! I would highly recommend Boston for a visit, it really is one of my favourite cities :)
The pumpkins were kind of cool, and thankfully frozen solid when I went to clean them up!
Look at that Amarylis go! Your photos of the naked trees still look wonderful with that lovely blue sky. The squirrels have clearly had a field day with the pumpkin :)
The 7yo is very pleased with the Amaryllis! The squirrels had a lot of fun with the pumpkins :)
all the trees already bare… i do love how certain light hits bare trees. like a winter sunset. so beautiful. and soon snow will come….
It’s pretty isn’t it? I still hoping that the snow will stay away!
Loving that peeling bark – I would stand picking it off all day just like I do when I spy a bit of loose wallpaper somewhere (I’m a nightmare aren’t I?!)
Such lovely blue skies there – it;s been grey here of late. Those pesky squirrels – pumpkin guts everywhere!
Thanks for joining in again my overseas friend!
The bark is fab, isn’t it? Those trees are everywhere, and I do have to resist the temptation to go and peel bark :)
The pumpkins made me smile, glad the squirrels had a good meal before I threw them away!
I can’t believe squirrels did that to a pumpkin! That’s a very speedy Amarylis you have there :)
It’s quite impressive isn’t it – they enjoyed quite a feast :) It is possible that a raccoon started it off for them…!
The Amaryllis is doing well, hoping it might flower for Christmas…
Pumpkin guts! I always have to beg my husband to pick up the moldy nasty pumpkin and toss it for me. The top photos look like a gorgeous day – and cold!
It was very old when we were at Tufts, but so crisp and clear, it was lovely! Thankfully the pumpkins were frozen when I went to clear them up, so not too bad a job :)
love the photo of the peeling bark… and oops looks like pumpkin carnage! x
I love the bark, it’s really pretty :) Rhe pumpkins made me laugh!
Amazing pics ;) You defo have an eye for this stuff! lol x Boston looks lovely x
Oh, thanks honey, that’s a lovely thing to say xx
I looked at the photos before reading the whole post and was wondering what had happened to your pumpkins!!
Love your gorgeous photos, I will have to make it to Boston one day… xx
Thanks! The pumpkins really made me smile – hungry squirrels :)
You must visit Boston, it’s a lovely city!