Dogwoods blooming in Western Penna.

Fort Tryon Park, yesterday afternoon.

Forsythia season at Fort Tryon Park is something I look forward to every year, and this year didn’t disappoint. We spend so much money in our country building highways, sports stadiums, and shopping malls instead of building gardens and parks and other public spaces where everyone is equal and you can get a sense of how fleeting and eternal life can seem at the same time.

Moss on rocks, Highbridge Park, just north of 155th Street.

Went to a fernery and realized it was my version of the afterlife.

Today, after seventeen (and one half) years, we said goodbye to Zephyr. It was a long time, but not long enough.

The Philadelphia Flower Show has been running since 1829 (!) and attracts 250,000 people (and not all of them older gay couples). It’s a good example of why instead of subsidizing corporate sporting events, cities should do more to promote basically anything but especially the horticultural arts and urban gardens/green spaces.

We went to Philadelphia to see some friends and spent yesterday afternoon walking around a botanical garden.

Getting ready for spring :)

Zephyr and Clio

Montour Trail, outside of Pittsburgh. Every city should have hundreds of miles of trails like this.