Yesterday’s New York Times said there was a cherry tree blooming at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. Today was so warm and beautiful that I got the bike out, did a bunch of errands, then rode over to the Gardens. Sure enough, in one corner of the Japanese garden, there’s a tree in full bloom, and despite what the article said, it still looks to be going strong. And in fact a second tree, in the northwest corner of the Cherry Esplanade, is also in bloom, but looks pretty weak.
![Is It Spring Yet?](http://pics.livejournal.com/steelbrassnwood/pic/000pxzt0) |
Is It Spring Yet?
Unfortunately not, poor confused cherry tree. |
![The Japanese Garden](http://pics.livejournal.com/steelbrassnwood/pic/000ptqqb) |
The Japanese Garden
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![The Music Pagoda](http://pics.livejournal.com/steelbrassnwood/pic/000q9db5) |
The Music Pagoda
With the Boathouse in the background. |
![Lullwater Bridge](http://pics.livejournal.com/steelbrassnwood/pic/000q4db6) |
Lullwater Bridge
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![Lullwater Bridge](http://pics.livejournal.com/steelbrassnwood/pic/000q8rra) |
Lullwater Bridge
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![Binnen Falls](http://pics.livejournal.com/steelbrassnwood/pic/000q742r) |
Binnen Falls
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![The Boathouse](http://pics.livejournal.com/steelbrassnwood/pic/000q60xr) |
The Boathouse
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![Very thin indeed...](http://pics.livejournal.com/steelbrassnwood/pic/000q5dgw) |
Very thin indeed…
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![The Camperdown Elm](http://pics.livejournal.com/steelbrassnwood/pic/000q36s8) |
The Camperdown Elm
The oldest tree in Brooklyn. |
![The Oriental Pavilion](http://pics.livejournal.com/steelbrassnwood/pic/000q24sq) |
The Oriental Pavilion
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![The Oriental Pavilion](http://pics.livejournal.com/steelbrassnwood/pic/000q15wk) |
The Oriental Pavilion
Recently restored with the original colors. |
![The Concert Grove](http://pics.livejournal.com/steelbrassnwood/pic/000q0a6x) |
The Concert Grove
This nice spot once had a beautiful view of the lake, but Robert Moses fixed all that with the world’s ugliest skating rink. |
![Beethoven](http://pics.livejournal.com/steelbrassnwood/pic/000pzaqd) |
Beethoven
“And they all forgot my birthday again…” |
![Subway Tracks](http://pics.livejournal.com/steelbrassnwood/pic/000pyp38) |
Subway Tracks
The Q line as it comes out from under the Gardens. |
![Lady Liberty, Jr.](http://pics.livejournal.com/steelbrassnwood/pic/000pszkb) |
Lady Liberty, Jr.
A replica Statue Of Liberty, cast around 1900 to stand on a warehouse on 64th Street, and now stranded in the parking lot of the Brooklyn Museum. |
![And to all a good night](http://pics.livejournal.com/steelbrassnwood/pic/000prqx1) |
And to all a good night
Christmas decorations at Park Place and Underhill Avenue. |
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