News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
Harold McAleer captured this dramatic sunset recently.
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Harold McAleer recently photographed some perching birds (mourning doves and a great blue heron).
On an early-morning cross-country skiing trek through the Silver Hill bog on Saturday morning, Tricia Deck photographed ice crystals that formed overnight on grasses and twigs. The sun melted then soon thereafter, and Sunday’s rain changed the landscape yet again.
A bluebird seems to keep watch while some goldfinches grab a bite. Photo by Tricia Deck.
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Swans seen in bottoms-up and liftoff mode. (Photos by Harold McAleer)
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About 25 years ago, the late President George H.W. Bush was in town to visit with his sister, Lincoln resident Nancy Bush Ellis, before they all went to a family wedding in the Berkshires. The Bushes went out for a walk and came upon a T-ball game on the playground of the Lincoln School. One of the players was the son of current Lincoln resident Fred Hopengarten (second from left). Bush asked if he could join and play some ball. “After a while, his wife Barbara and sister (right rear) tired of watching George play baseball and announced that they were going back to Nancy’s house,” Fred recalls. “Bush replied that he thought he’d like to stay a while and play some more. This made their Secret Service agent jump into action, as he couldn’t divide himself and be with both. Moments later, another Secret Service agent came running through the woods to escort Barbara and Nancy. So how long did the President stay and play ball? “As long as he chose to do so. You don’t say no to George Bush.” Photo courtesy Fred Hopengarten
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Hummingbirds enjoy Harold McAleer’s feeder (or they did, when it was a bit warmer).
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Lincoln residents Susan Stason, Sarah Cannon Holden, and Barbara Slayter at the “Nobody is Above the Law” march held in Concord on the evening of November 8. Marches all over the country were organized by Moveon.org and Minuteman Indivisible to protest the installation of Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker and his authority over special counsel Robert Mueller.
Toby, an Anatolian shepherd who lives with and protects the chickens of Codman Community Farms, gallops through the enclosure. Photo by Eli Newell.
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Harold McAleer has been busy photographing a variety of animals and birds near his Lincoln home this summer. (Click on any thumbnail to see larger versions and navigate the collection.)