Quite enough time spent in the car, so we go for a walk. I just wander about but wikipedia is full of lots of useful information.
The very beginning of fall
with drifts of Michaelmas daisies and the first leaves on the lawn.
Impressively huge, prosperous houses that have been prosperous for many years.
Color choices are limited for house paint --so mostly yellow and gray and pink.
The traditional picket fence....
long windows and porches and morning glory.
The yellow car a slightly jarring note.
A tennis club near the Charles River.
Back to Brattle Street.The Longfellow House. George Washington's Headquarters (see Wikipdia).
Such ferns and porches....
and a tree that G.W probably saw as a sapling.
The formal garden
laid out with low hedges.
A lovely long window.
Then the weather grew cloudy.