Brooklyn Botanic Garden, on the side facing Flatbush Avenue, there is a berm. Slope, low hill. Between traffic and garden.
Right now it is a snow of crocus. Outside the fence a small boy stomped on them methodically while his mother chatted, obliviously. I barked at him, the international lingo of Hey!!! and wagged a finger. He stopped. He knew. I think he will become a stock broker.
I have never had much time for crocuses. They are charming, yes. But predictable.
Until now.
I am won over.
Just loved those flowers. I like the color.
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"I barked at him, the international lingo of Hey!!! and wagged a finger. He stopped. He knew. I think he will become a stock broker."
:-))))))))))
That foreground photo of the witch hazel is a winner! It seems to match the anthers of the crocus. Crocus grows in very small patches in my yard and looks unremarkable, but here .... So pretty.
ReplyDeleteI liked those change of season photographs too.
ReplyDeleteSo often we only get crocus as individual bunches, en masse another story. Gives me an idea -grow Crocus sativus!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous when en masse like that!
ReplyDeleteAbout the oblivious mother - WHEN will parents step up and be accountable???
Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI love crocus, they give big city's so much color. In the town my father lives in they have fields like this in between roads. It feels like you are a queen when you drive there.
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful! They may be predictable, but I miss them way more than I ever imagined now that I am living in Southern California. I see photos like this and wonder why was I not more appreciative of crocuses and snow drops? I never even brought any inside to enjoy on my kitchen window sill. Very pretty photos.
ReplyDeleteWow - they are great. The little boy, not so much. And, his mother is beyond hopeless. Did you get his [future] business card?
ReplyDeleteGlorious!
ReplyDeletethe daffodils are out in morningside park. this has been a peculiar winter.
ReplyDeletea flowering mead is a wonderful thing.
ReplyDeleteMy crocus are still in hibernation mode, despite a mild winter ( so far ) in southern Ontario!
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