A City Nature Walk

Yesterday finally cleared up and created a lovely evening. I decided to go see if I could be amongst nature even here up in Harlem! I had to be creative. There was a patch of grass inside a triangle created by two roads and a turn off. The highway department must have decided to make it look pretty and planted the flowers. To get a nature feel and not a city feel I decided to actually lay in the patch of flowers. When I told my Mom this she said that people probably thought I was crazy. Well here in NYC I think you actually have to be running down the street screaming to get the crazy label!



I then walked into Riverside Park which is a quaint little park. I love how the Pear Tree is in full bloom set against the other trees that are just starting to bud. It makes for a stark contrast.









This last picture was again in a little patch between roads...thanks highway department!
I hope everyone is enjoying this weather- soak it all in because before we know it will be the 3 H's- hazy, hot and humid!!

Spring 2009

I had started awhile back to post seasonal pictures and I should not have stopped. So I am now officially starting again, newly inspired by this image.

I was in a New York rush when I saw this flower on the ground and just had to take a picture, rush and all. The beautiful, yellow Daffodil is in perfect contrast to the wet, littered pavement. And it is crushed. Someone, in a New York rush stepped on it. Someone, maybe the same person or not, picked it, but didn't want it and tossed it. Yet, it's beauty persevered and was a wonderful reminder to me, on a cold wet day, that Spring is on its way. Hopefully when it comes we will be ready to appreciate it.

Buffalo Structures

Recently I had a trip back to Buffalo. While I was there I took a yoga class. From out the window of the studio there was this structure in the distance that was so amazing to me and also quite unusual. I could not stop staring at it or thinking about it during the class. After class a great family friend of ours navigated the side streets to bring me to this structure. The structure is abandoned and it was not clear what its function ever was. I just thought it was so beautiful.



While driving down a country road to visit a friend, we passed another structure that struck me. I didn't stop on the way there but on the way back we did a pull over. The sky was so blue and the structure was so white in comparison. My mind raced with images of what I am sure it is, a fruit stand or a vegetable stand during the peak season days. But that day, all closed up it was just like a sculpture, so still and so intriguing. Well, at least to me it was.



This is another shot taken from the weeds and made in infra red tones.
Enjoy