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Quincy Quarries Reservation

June 30, 2011 // 0 Comments

If  the rock outcroppings in the photo below don’t look natural it is because they were man-made. The formations are the result of over two hundred years [...]

Sigma Zoom: Manchester By The Sea

June 22, 2011 // 0 Comments

Last year (almost to the day) we went with our bird watching /photographers friends Candy and Andy to a spit of rock to get a look at the heron [...]

Wollaston Beach: Sunset

June 21, 2011 // 0 Comments

We don’t know what others call Wollaston Beach, but around the office we refer to it as the “Cape Cod of the South Shore.” Wollaston Beach is a 3-mile long [...]

Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries

June 6, 2011 // 0 Comments

We  here at RainyDayMagazine are fascinated by dinosaurs. While decendents of dinosaurs are all around us (birds, reptiles, etc…) none of them are of the size of the [...]

Memorial Day: Falmouth MA

May 31, 2011 // 0 Comments

We  started the Memorial Day weekend by heading down to Cape like everyone else. Unlike a lot of folks, we started our trip early on Friday and managed to escape the [...]

Brimfield Antique Show 2011

May 13, 2011 // 0 Comments

Every few years we make the drive from Boston to the giant, outdoor, practically the whole town, antique show out in Brimfield. We go, not because we are big antiquers, [...]

Urban Safari : Emerald Necklace

April 11, 2011 // 0 Comments

The Emerald Necklace is one of Boston’s treasures. This park system ringing parts of Boston was envisioned and created by Fredrick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) over a [...]

MFA: Chihuly

April 6, 2011 // 0 Comments

Born in 1941 in Tacoma, WA, Dale Chihuly was introduced to glass while studying interior design a the University of Washington. Chihuly continued his studies at RISD, where [...]

MOS: Tornado Alley

March 17, 2011 // 0 Comments

Spring is in the air. The temperature in Boston has been in the mid-50s and may even break 60º this weekend. The giant piles of snow from the innumerable Winter storms have [...]

MOS : Hayden Planetarium FirstLook

February 10, 2011 // 0 Comments

For  the past year, the Museum of Science has been busy renovating the Hayden Planetarium. This Sunday, the Planetarium will reopen it doors and unveil to the public the [...]
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