Photohunt: Walking
I took these last fall in Boston — my continued obsession with shutter speed. It wasn’t a busy afternoon, so there weren’t a lot of people walking by to get a group (which was my hope). The ducks in the back are in honor of the book “Make Way for Ducklings,” by beloved New England children’s author and illustrator, Robert McCloskey.
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It was one of my favorite books growing up (I still call all pairs of Mallards Mr. and Mrs. Mallard) — but my absolute favorite McCloskey book is “One Morning in Maine.” It was one of the only books I had where a young girl is the protagonist. She goes hunting for clams, loses a tooth, and takes a boat trip to town with her little sister and father. As a child, I adored it — the pencil drawings, the characters, the story — part of my life-long obsession with seaside life.
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When I started dating Paul, I was surprised to find a copy of it on his bookshelf and opened it to find that it had been autographed by Robert McCloskey. Signed just to Paul. An early sign our fantastic match.
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