The snow around our house wasn't melting quite fast enough, so we took advantage
of a Saturday of clear weather getting up near 50ºF for a little outing to a place
where it's always warm summertime. Click the picture for a larger image.
The snow around our house
wasn't melting quite fast enough, so we took advantage
of a Saturday of clear weather getting up near 50ºF for a little outing
to a place
where it's always warm summertime. Click the picture for a larger image.
 The snow still buries a lot of the foliage on the front side of the house. |
 That's the Brooklyn Bridge in the foreground as we head down the FDR on the W side of Manhattan. |
 Admission was free to the Botanic Garden. The Japanese Pond is still icebound. The sun was out, though and it wasn't that cold. |
 More Japanese Garden. |
 I'm sure that in the summer this is even more beautiful. Not bad even now. |
 Approaching the Steinhardt Conservatory - indoor plant collection. |
 First stop: the Bonsai Garden. Some beautiful specimens, much larger than you commonly see. |
 Beautiful flowering specimen. |
 Over to the tropics. About 80ºF and humid. |
 I was having strong Florida flashbacks! |
 Next door was the aquatic plant room. All kinds of orchids and epiphytes. |
 Might as well be a scene out of Creature from the Black Lagoon. |
 Acanthus. |
 Not sure what this is, but it was sure luscious. Coffee, tea, banana, pepper, cinnamon were also thriving. |
 Banana. |
 The Desert room. |
 Grand Army Memorial Arch. |
 Maude and Spencer enjoying their first nap on the porch.... |
That's all, folks....but, check out the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens yourself
at http://www.bbg.org/index.html