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.

Global Warnings

Now, I know you do not need more proof that there is global warming, but if you’d like to actually see the effects that climate change is having on our planet, watch this TED talk by James Balog (you'll have to go the the link, embedding slows down the page load too much). You will witness actual footage, created with time lapse photography, of glaciers melting and retreating. Stunning.



Below, posters from a 2008 exhibit at the Max Huber Museum in Switzerland.

PREPARE TO MIGRATE, Handoko Tjung, Indonesia


USE BOTH SIDES, Rebeca Ramírez Guerra, Mexico



TIME COVERS Oct. 19, 1987 The Heat is On; April 9, 2001 Global Warming; April 3, 2006 Be Worried, Be Very Worried



Humble Oil ad in Life magazine, 1962. From treehugger, where you can read the grisly details.