For comparison sake, I grew up on the North Shore of MA and as a family we'd go digging for these. We pronounced it Ko-hog (long O)

Haha: true! Esp given its history with the Declaration of Independence and Constitution -- even t-shirt worthy.

(lol sure better than Cooler & Warmer 🙄)

Ikr? Makes it look hella more buzzing than it seems

A couple years ago now, my neighborhood in Providence lost power for two full days but my dentist still had it and they let me charge my phone there 👍

And that is indeed an absolutely fantastic pic -- bet it would sell like hotcakes at Waterfire.

Beautifully done, Armin Kososki 👏

We do. I was shocked to learn recently that RI's only 2% Jewish. Just based on my friends here, I assumed it was closer to 10% at least. And probably Providence is?

Figured there had to be(e) one there 🐝

Oh thank you!! ❤️ You are the loveliest human

What a memory you've got! Yes, it is 😣

😢 Ikr? I have a friend with an adult schizophrenic autistic son who's been missing for over 9 mos now. She is in agony. And holidays are especially hard.

My heart goes out to her family 💔

I walk my dog all over Fox Point. Considering the high density of students I've been surprised at the number of "Apt for rent" signs I've seen on the neighborhood triple deckers throughout fall. (Not sure I've seen one since Dec 1 though. But then, I'm not looking.)

Doesn't help out-of-towners. And presumably they are also listed online somewhere too? Just chiming in here to confirm that there are vacancies past Sep 1, even on College Hill.

RIP. That poor fisherman. And her poor family and loved ones. Hopefully she'll be identified soon.

Well, there's the whole "March comes in like a lion" only here it's more like last half of March+ 😆 -- but just in recent years, we've been having way more wind it seems than ever in the past. Crazy windy. Climate change?

>Spring here kinda sucks

I used to feel that way, but now I love Spring here!

Around Feb 5, it's the end of the Dark 13 -- the darkest 13 weeks of the year. From this point, the days will get lighter longer exponentially faster.

In February, visit the glassed-in botanical gardens in Roger Williams Park. Stepping over the threshold is like Dorothy leaving b&w Kansas and entering technicolor Oz, back when technicolor was brand-new

And February is when all the citrus trees there come into bloom. Bury your nose in them: the fragrance is otherworldly 🤤

Meanwhile, back in the neighborhood, end of February is when the first spring flowers bloom: on witch hazel. The blooms look like a slightly pallid forsythia.

Then start looking on the ground in sunny spots for snowdrop shoots. There are some that bloom in my neighborhood as early as end of Feb and certainly by early March.

Right after them come the crocuses.

By that time, even though we'll get snow on our daffodils, they can take it: get buried in snow and road salt yet spring right back, good as new. And the snow melts fast by now. You can easily feel how much warmer the sun is.

Visit the grounds of Blithewold in Bristol: there are literally tens of thousands of daffodils blooming throughout their woods.

And next, there's a parade of flowers that come into bloom, each in their turn marking progress toward warmth.

The flowering trees are spectacular here, especially on the East Side of Providence. Magnolia are the earliest, dogwood the final ones. By the time you see those, summer is nearly here.

Around Mother's Day, when you notice rhododendrons are starting to bloom, visit the Kinney Azalea Gardens in S Kingston near URI. Prof Kinney devoted his life to traveling the world (mostly China) and bringing back cultivars of azalea and rhododendrons, and using the grounds of his house to further develop them. I believe he is the reason RI has so many spectacular rhodos and azaleas everywhere. The blooming time at his garden spans at least 5 weeks. He's passed but left the garden as a legacy with a staff to maintain it, and open to the public.

Spring is spectacular in RI if you know where to look

And probably he will get some sort of accommodation once he is extradited to the US -- which is why after four days in the Bahamian prison he did a 180 on contesting expedition.

My point was remarking upon the naïveté of his parents, thinking for one minute that he'd have a hope of getting those accommodations in one of the world's most notoriously awful prisons, or that he'd be allowed bail / home confinement in the Bahamas because they could not accommodate his needs

I love the story of Roger Williams, his principles, and his founding of this place.

It's spectacularly beautiful.

That it's on the ocean.

That it's in New England.

That it's a blue state.

That it's the smallest state.

That people think it's an island (and how it can seem like one at times).

Fantastic food culture.

Not bad in the rest of the arts either.

It's ever so slightly slower paced than MA.

Providence. Specifically, Fox Point. I really love living in Fox Point.

Is that the dome of the statehouse reflected? In any case, lovely pic 👍

In a US prison, possibly. In one of the world's most notorious jails? Beyond unlikely

Last week his Stanford law-professor parents requested he be served vegan meals and be given his ADD meds 🙄

I don't recall ever seeing anyone reach the door and try it and find it locked. The time of day I pass by is between 2 and 3pm.

Huh: the past pic I saw had way fewer! I remember the person here on Santa's right. So this seems like a great turnout, especially on short notice. Thanks so much for posting: I loved the pic(s) I saw last year -- or was it the year before? (All this pandemic time is mush 😜)

Live in Providence; see them far less often than rabbits, maybe as often as raccoons? -- but they've been here throughout my decades here.

Spotted a giant one popping out of his hole this past summer in India Point Park.

It's fun after a very very very late night out 😆

lol it's a dive diner: just beer

Sorry: no idea