Heavily Cowffinated

Trojan Cow
Originally uploaded by measi.

A couple weeks ago, I did my normal trek from Back Bay station into Copley Square to begin my work day. But something had changed. In fact, a bunch of something had changed. Copley Square had been invaded by cows.

What I discovered later that morning is that many places Boston had been taken over by cows-- 117 of them, in fact - as part of a summer fundraiser for the Jimmy Fund. The Jimmy Fund is a long-standing ocal fundraising organization for cancer research. Bostonians normally encounter them at Red Sox games, and occasionally at the movie theaters when they do childrens' cancer research drives. This summer, they're working with a traveling art project called Cow Parade. The great thing about this project is that all of the artists are local, too. Great way for artists to get their names out there. :)

Yesterday, two of my workmates and I decided to take advantage of our early release from work (yay summer Fridays!) to go Cow Hunting. Armed with cameras and comfy shoes, we plodded all around Boston, capturing over 50 of them. Some of the end results are absolutely spectacular. I'll be uploading them and sharing them in batches over the next few weeks.

The first batch is of the cows located at South Station (Amtrak/commuter rail/bus/subway station), Copley Square, and the two cows on the Public Library grounds that face Copley Square. :)

Which of these is your favorite?