Boston

Cooper’s Hawk + Squirrel

We flew into Logan yesterday. It was a rougher flight than it needed to be. First off Anne’s ticket agent (me) screwed up and didn’t enter her TSA trusted passenger number, when I booked her flight. So, she got turned away in the faster line and had to wait in the slower line with me. After we got to the gate, Anne volunteered to get me a coffee, but returning with the full cup, its lid popped off and all of the coffee poured out onto the floor. Strike two! Strike three hit on landing. It was a bumpy ride all the way from the Lou, but landing in a wicked crosswind was the worst. We bounced twice and it felt like we were tipping over. The pilot righted the aircraft and hit the thrust reversers hard. They say any landing you can walk away from is a good one. It is even better when you can catch ride. Dave picked us up.

Declan Watching the Purple Train Pass

Later, we picked up the boys from daycare and as usual we congregated with the other daycare families at a nearby park. While playing in the park, Anne snapped a photo of a Cooper’s hawk perched beside a squirrel. Sort of a reprise of yesterday’s pic, “Are You Kidding?”

Are You Kidding Me?

Are You Kidding Me? Kevin Lohman, 2026

A young Great Horned Owl (owlet) sitting on a branch with wide, startled eyes as a squirrel leaped through the air toward it. The Story: The squirrel repeatedly bounced and jumped at the young owl—knocking it out of the tree three times that morning—while the owlet remained safe and eventually settled back down next to its mother. This image was selected as a finalist in the 2026 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards.

Museum of Broken Relationships

Little My

I got 2 tattoos while I was with him: one to remember him by and the other to remember us by. Just before I left for New York to start my career, he gave me this ‘Little My’ doll with two tattoos embroidered exactly where mine are. He said my personality reminded him of Little My, one of the characters from the Finnish book series and comic strip called ‘The Moomins’. As they say, a long-distance relationship never works out.