Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Put A Fish On It

fish cardSeen within a couple blocks of each other recently on Centre St. in the Inner Borough. Above, business card on the street. Below: throw pillow through a window (…it would be a serious pillow to be able to break the glass).whale pillowNow, you may protest that a whale is not a fish, as do I. A 19th Century New York City court, and Melville’s Ishmael, would both have disagreed with us.

Leave a comment