Sky Turtles

Sunday, June 16th, 2013

Sky Turtles
At the 6B Garden.

Yucca Flowers in Tompkins Sq. Park

Saturday, June 15th, 2013

Yucca Flowers in Bloom
These Yucca plants are now in bloom. I thought of them as desert plants but they are doing well here in gardening Zone 6. My Tompkins Sq. Park Tree Identification Project is shifting focus to the gardens. Of course keeping track of everything that is blooming here is beyond me. But I shoot whatever catches my interest, on a near daily basis. Organizing the upwards of 300 photos I may take on a visit is an endless time suck.
yucca flower stalk
These freaky looking central stalks grow out of the spiky perennial fronds. This shot is from a week ago.

Yucca Flower Buds
This one is from June 6. You can find yuccas in the park at the south-east entrance and the central entrance on 7th Street.

Huge Pink Roses

Sunday, June 9th, 2013

Huge Pink Roses
In the Don Roberts Garden in Tompkins Square Park. I know the scale is a bit hard to tell in these photos, but the blooms are about the size of a grapefruit.

Smoke Tree

Sunday, June 9th, 2013

Smoke Tree
The smokey part of a Smoke Tree.

Monarch in the Park

Thursday, June 6th, 2013

Monarch
I’m pretty sure of my identification of this as a Monarch Butterfly. In the Don Roberts garden in Tompkins Square Park. These flowers seem to be popular with a wide range of insects.
Monarch2
Monarchs were a pretty common butterfly when I was a kid, but this might be the first one I’ve spotted in NYC in several years.
Update, 6 8 13:
Wing Spread
Same location, several more Monarchs.

Fuzzy

Weight

Wednesday, June 5th, 2013

Weight
Must be a student engineer’s project at Cooper Union. I was tempted to swing it, but didn’t.

Pollinators in the Park

Wednesday, June 5th, 2013

Bee
The pollinators were out in the afternoon sun in the Don Roberts Garden in Tompkins Sq. Park. This looks like a bee, not a honeybee though I did see a few out there as well.

Bumblebee
A bumblebee.

White Butterfly
And a butterfly.

They Don’t Know What They Do

Monday, June 3rd, 2013


A performance on the main stage at the Howl Festival 2013 in Tompkins Square Park, NYC, combinced with some of the art pieces from Art Around the Park.

Art Around the Park 2013

Sunday, June 2nd, 2013

Long Canvas
I took my tree map public today at Art Around the Park, at the Howl Festival in Tompkins Square Park. I was torn between talking to people about the map and trees, and painting. Then the afternoon sun hit and I melted. I was surrounded by folks putting 100% of themselves to their canvas. Devote full energy to painting in the shaded Sunday morning, is my plan.

Glitter Drift
My neighbor to my right had the remarkable ability to draw with both hands simultaneously. I look forward to watching him paint again tomorrow.

Engangement
In celebration of his recent engagement, lovebirds.

Central Howl
I didn’t get to see much of what was going on inside the park today.

Save Mary Help of Christians Church

Thursday, May 23rd, 2013


I interviewed a participant in the rally, Michael Casino. More on the situation on EV GRIEVE and Curbed
Mary Help of Christians Rally