Apparently Dorothy Parker said “Every year, back comes Spring, with nasty little birds yapping their fool heads off and the ground all mucked up with plants.” She was right in some ways. On our walk across the park, on our way to philosophy, was indeed “all mucked up with plants” we saw snowdrops and (I think they are) crocuses all in bloom with the daffodils getting close to blooming. It is such a beautiful spot. We got a cab up to 79th Street then walked across from west to east to the philosophy school. This week by pure chance we entered the gate at 79th St and walked via the Shakespeare Garden, which is where we saw the crocuses and snowdrops.
As we were walking down the gentle slope from the Shakespeare Garden we came across a group touring gardens with an historical society tour guide who was a bird watcher and while he was pointing out aspects of the gardens and trees he spotted a yellow bellied sap sucker! You can sort of see it here- this was taken on my little camera so not very good zoom but we could clearly see the little woodpecker hammering away at the trunk. The guide was saying it was very early for them to be in the park and that this one had possibly sequestered (my interpretation) itself in the park over the winter.
Signs of spring have been every where this past week- yesterday I went past a group of gardens “replenishing” garden beds with about to bloom daffodils, the piles of emptied pots bagged and waiting to be removed. They had nearly completed their task and I was taking some quick shots of their work. They glanced over and noticed that I was photographing a pot that was still unplanted; one gardener came over and quickly completed the task. So I actually did them a service by photographing their handiwork.
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