May 03, 2022

Spring is a pleasant time. However, the weather can be unstable, and it’s mixed with sunny days and occasional showers. When it is bright and sunny, the city glows. It feels like the perfect time to walk around the streets, spot the front gardens of the brownstone buildings, the church’s public gardens, a community garden or one of the secret gardens around the city.

So what is happening now?

Kwanzan cherries are losing their petals and create beautiful petals, rain and pinkish carpets.
Eastern Redbuds are still in peak bloom. It seems like the city planted many of them as street trees, which is a brilliant idea because they have stunning flowers in spring, big beautiful leaves for shade during the summer and lovely foliage in fall.
But if you would ask me, this is the Dogwood trees’ prime. They have reached their peak bloom, and you can find them in gardens, churches’ gardens and in some townhouses’ front gardens.

Here are some pictures I took in the past three days:

On Sunday, I got to visit Little island for the first time.
It is a beautiful architectural project with some beautiful flowers and trees.
However, it was bustling and felt more like a hike than a park where you can sit a relax.
From May 12, entering the park will be via timed reservations only.