As I'd hoped, I really did make it to the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens last week. (Over time, I am learning to catch myself when I want to add an "ical" to "Botanic.") Yes, it was February, but as a hardy Western New Yorker, that didn't stop me at all. As I expected, there were plenty of somber, slightly depressing vistas like this:
And lots of picturesque frozen lakes and ponds:
But my eye was mainly on plants that look good in the winter. I'll spare you my notes on that front, since it is a minor goal of this blog to impart no useful gardening information whatsoever, but I can tell you I'm growing more and more fond of nice sturdy seedheads:
Utah kitty plays in a box, then accidentally gets shipped off as return
package to Amazon in California (video)
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A Utah cat named Galena was playing in a large box, when suddenly things
got dark.
Meanwhile, Galena's human parents didn't know where she was, and grew...
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