I've had this plant since my senior year of college! It's been cut and grown back many times - amazed it's still going.

From our one gorgeous hike in Colorado before I spent most of the vacation sweating out a fever in bed :{

Aspen trees are really something.

The pond at Crocheron Park in Queens

Every year, the crocuses!

Hell Gate bridge, view from Astoria

Back-to-school studio shuffle

Pasqualina Azzarello's mural at the Queens Botanical Garden * www.pasqualinaazzarello.com *

Gorgeous work by Nairy Baghramian

Our neighbor's incredible peonies

White lilac

Azalea

The flora in central Queens is just like what I grew up with in northern NJ. I learned all the names from my parents and great aunt - this is Grape Hyacinth

Spring seems especially beautiful this year

Virtual studio visits are glitchy and totally worth it! Always energizing getting a glimpse into Andrew Schwartz's studio practice. Here's a good hi-res shot of "Impressions: Green-Wood" (oil, pigments, and mica on archival paper, 30" x 22"). www.andrewschwartzstudio.com

Running in Queeeens

All my hawk pics look exactly like this

So fun to find a sheet of slides (!)

Nice to see some blue sky

Almost there, flamingo <3

Watching these buds on our cherry tree

Neighbors' view. We'd been wondering, thanks Julia!

Hello little tulip

Funny little bleeding heart

A couple of mourning doves building a nest on our shower window ledge - I'm guessing they like the steam

Jogging in the rain isn't so bad. Lots of birds out, and everything's in bloom, including this quince.

Not sure why it took a pandemic to get me to start running, but it's been a great thing these days. I'll always associate forsythia with my dad's elated pronunciation of the word each early spring :)