Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Odd Blossoms

DATE: Christmas Day
PLACE: 65th St. Transverse through Central Park.
ODDITY: One very confused forsythia in bloom


DATE: December 26th
PLACE: East Side exit of the reservoir of in Central Park
ODDITY: A riotous yellow bramble of blooming forsythia


DATE: December 27th
PLACE: East 61st Street
ODDITY: Lovely pink blossoms above bulb-encrusted branches
Somehow, set against the gray sky and the black branches of the surrounding trees, these spring blossoms seem far from innocent. 

Pretty, yes, but pretty scary, too.