Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.
As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”
Back in May we stumbled upon this magnificent American Elm yard tree in Sunset Park. Yes, it’s growing from the yard, not the sidewalk. It pretty much is the yard of this three-story row house.
I walked by the other day. Still there, still too big to fit into my camera.
How great that the neighborhood appreciates
it and hasn’t cut it down.
[…] almost back-to-back, in fact, to the block with the giant American Elm is this big, shaggy Willow (Salix). Another great yard tree of […]
Backyard and Beyond 
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