Sunday, August 23, 2020

Prospect Park, August 2020

 We had a pretty bad windstorm a few weeks ago, and Prospect Park still looks pretty beaten up.




I'm kind of wondering when all of the debris will be disposed of, but I suppose asking such questions in the middle of a pandemic and while the city is suffering some fiscal difficulties is asking too much.


Those are two different trees that need to be removed,


limbs by the lake,

and woodchips!


Random pieces of tree!

I went running this morning and had seen huge piles of busted up trees.  I thought to myself, "I should take some pictures of those before the City picks them up."  I just barely made it.




On the other hand, I don't know when they're going to come pick these up.



I suspect this tree stump is from before the recent storm, but it looks cool.



I think this tree looks cool, too.


Or does the bike rider make the tree look more mysterious?


Friday, August 14, 2020

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Summer, 2020

It's been eleven years since I've posted pictures from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Rose Garden.

 

 I predict this rose bush, The Queen of Musks, will grow around the cord marking where the bush and pathway are.  Roses do not care for boundaries.

The Athena Rose,

a close up,

or an excuse to remember the Portland Protester.

 

I don't know what this is.  It looks like it might be berries growing, but I've never seen berries grow on something that looks so plastic.


The trees got a pretty bad beating during the storm last week.

 


Random flowers

A picture of a Resurrection lily.

 

 

A little local history in the renovated part of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.


Pumpkins growing in the back of the garden.