Local mosque security....Early morning Boston Police presence at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center mosque in Roxbury in response to mass shootings at two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch.

Tooting his horn is John Bell with the Second Line Social Aid & Pleasure Society Brass Band with hundreds of students rally in front of the State House Friday afternon as students worldwide skip class to demand action of climate

ICE MELT, the Boston Common frog pond is officially closed for the season to ice skating gets a clean up from a Zamboni machine (

Parking is tough in Boston especially in the North End even for the carriages lined up here on Hanover Street for a North End Yoga MOM & ME pilates class.Employee Brigid Bowser who works the front desk of North End Yoga locks up the baby strollers.

RAIN RAIN RAIN.....Early morning rainfall in Boston poured at times...

A flowery umbrella was some help in an early morning rainfall that poured at times in Boston.....

FLOODING...always seems to be that one place for high tide obstacle like here on Long Wharf Boston....Patrick Ronca goes over with long legs and hand railings. Rian Dalton...just run through it ! Keep the coffee dry but wet feet for Glenda Winslow.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION...Winthrop Center will feature two glass-and- concrete spires full of office space and condos stacked on top of a massive ground-level hall that will connect Federal and Devonshire streets.

End child marriage bill, UNCHAINED AT LAST members protested inside the State House wearing bridal gowns and veils urged legislators to end Massachusetts child marriage. Getting dressed in the hallway are Alex Boyer-Coffey Fraidy Reiss helps with veil and Amanda Parker.

Granite's Saving by Shaving community leaders celebrities and others shave heads for Boston Children's Hospital fundraiser. Gov Baker David Ortiz Big Papi cuts the hair of Sam Kennedy pres & CEO Boston Red Sox, Boston Bruin Ray Bourque and volunteer Terry Simonson swept hair

Hands to her face, Elaine Wynn on third day of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission's three-day hearing on Wynn Resorts' casino license held at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.

Seasonal view...baby foxes on display at the Pembroke Friends Meeting House enjoy late afternoon sun.

The Babson World Globe commissioned in 1947 by founder Roger Babson measuring 28 feet in diameter and weighing 25 tons was the world’s largest revolving globe for decades is now restored to mark Babson College Centennial

SUMMERTIME SPOT......A cool place to be on a afternoon by some flats near Kingston Bay off Duxbury

OUTDOOR BOUTIQUE.......deisigner Jaydee Donahue brings out a fashon item to be displayed at GRANDASIA a bridal prom and fashon shop in Quincy center displayed outside some of it's stock on a warm summer day

REFLECTIONS... At sunrise off the coast of Gloucester as the day starts off the city of Boston reflects the sun on some of it's skyscrapers.

A golden morning sunrise by the Eastern Point lighthouse in Gloucester starts the day off.

Veterans home makeover...boxed in... Marcelo Arantes with Home Depot paints above mailboxes. The Home Depot Foundation Partners with New England Center and Home for Veterans in Boston for the makeover.

At the New England Center and Home for Veterans Boston, a home makeover including the painting of a large American flag mural in the lobby done by volunteers from The Home Depot Foundation Partners

At Gloucester, wind turbines seen from off the coast of Gloucester Harbor......