Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.
As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”
On Clinton Street just now, incontrovertible spring.
And in Prospect Park, several tree species are flowering. Most of these early springers make modest little flowers, emerging before leaves, which give the trees a fuzzy appearance. This Chinese, or hybrid, witch hazel, meanwhile, makes a showy, odd-ball flower. (The American witch hazels, H.virginiana are unique because they bloom in autumn.)
(And just in time, too, for this Saturday is Making Brooklyn Bloom at the BBG.)
“…early springers…”
Now that’s a beautiful sight. I always thought that ya’ll were still under snow and too cold for any early bloomers. Such a beautiful sight to see.
All our snow disappeared by the end of February. Still pretty brisk at night, though. No mosquitos yet. Upstate NY, however, that’s a whole different kettle of frozen fish.
Great photos. Out here in central Ohio on March 11, I have hundreds of snow crocus in bloom, mosy of the blue violet, only a few of thse lighter ones.
[…] a time of cold, and snow, and ice, and stasis. Last year I took some pics of witch-hazel bloom on March 8th.You know, when I was a boy I would be annoyed by people who started off saying things like […]
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