a thing in 161 photos flower Gorgeous, huge, "luna white" hibiscus flowers were in bloom ...were a favorite of the white-butt bees! These big flowers... ...the bees in Finland have white butts! Stopped to admire the giant bumblebees in the flowers... ...and watched the bees visit different flowers. Walked around a bit afterwards... Exciting to see lots of flowers and plants that are new to me! Cool to see when the labeling... ...matches the product. Took Maddy for a long Saturday walk... ...admired the bees on the bright pink flowers! Spent some time enjoying the garden... Stopped to take a picture of these massive blossoms that were 2 or 3 times the size of my fist! Took pics of all the awesome blooming flowers in the garden while walking Maddy... My tiniest cactus surprised me by sprouting these two flowers, one of which was almost the same size as the cactus! Morning, Glory! What magic is this? Sunflowers getting enjoyed by the bees! Flowers & Bees! Love me some falling petals. Later that afternoon I took the subway out to... ...as we started slowly feeling the effect of the tea! This was a really busy time in my life but I was also making time to practice mindfulness meditation for at least 20 minutes every day. I have written in my diary that this was my 50th consecutive day without missing. (I didn't make it to a 100 days) Pick yourself up and start over again! ;) Ugly, paper-looking flower growing out of the sidewalk. Picked up some weird pink-brain looking flowers at the corner shop. Weird! Without the rain chasing us, were were able to stop and admire a lot of the little plants and flowers growing in the rocky soil. Morning Glories Flowers blooming in the flower box down the block. Open rose in the garden. Pretty flowers on the fence. Pink and purple. ...in bloom. So many interesting things... The yellow and brown design inside the flower is so pretty. These lovely red tulips bloomed in the park. ...and stopped to smell all the new flowers. Happy April 2013! Thank God you're here! Pretty. Admiring the blooming flowers in East River Park. Maddy lifts her paw and points every time she sees a squirrel that she'd like to chase. I like to pretend that he's talking like Tom Hardy's portrayal of BANE in this photo. Happy birthday, bud! ...and then adjourned to The Wayland, a new bar in my hood, for a drink. RIP, Banjo Jim's. I'm a huge admirers of flowers. Roses on their last leg. Spritzed the roses with water to try to make them last a little longer. Dusted off an old vase I found stashed away in the cupboard. Beauties. The church down the street had put out a bunch of free flowers. I grabbed a few of the lovely white roses. Quinn's birthday! He batted those pretty brown eyes at me from across the table while using 4SQ to announce our love to the interwebs. Went out to Williamsburg to meet Vin for a lonely hearts club Valentine's Day KOREAN FEAST! The black orchid, Belize's national flower. ...local flora... Love the bright pink of this four-petaled flower (Dame's Rocket?) Walked back to my room in the rain. Tiles in the foyer. On Thursday I had lunch with my friend Happy who was in town visiting from LA, and her friend Christine. Afterwards, we walked up to the "plant district" to check out... Love the plants everywhere on this block. Pretty window flowers on the walk home. ...over to East River Park. This plant's flowers looked like mushrooms! Huge fuzzy bumble bee! Flowers. Valentine's flowers... Awesome gardens on the walk to the water. ...and flowers. Saw this hearse in the East Village on Friday. Tulips! Tompkins tulips shaping up! These are my favorite. So Dr. Seuss-y. More tulips I liked. Tuli-popo on the walk to work. I love when the trees blossom! Happy Valentine's Day! Flower-line at Sheen Brothers on the way home. That's covered in lovely, brink-pink flowers! "The vegetation was chosen to pay homage to the wild plants that had colonized the abandoned railway before it was repurposed." (see also hyperreality ) Neighbors got new flower window boxes. Pretty fresh flowers on our table. Rose horse. Flowers. Wildflowers and mountains. Whistler looks totally different in the summer! Daffodil hill. Wildflowers. Seasonal flowers? Festive! Clearing the dance floor and taking home table roses at 12:15! ("Looks like those double-scotches finally caught up with you, Dr. Rosepenis.") On Sunday, Meredith and I went out on a brunch wandering at ended up at some awesome diner near Gramercy. They even left us welcome home flowers. Awwww! Thanks, you guys! Red, white and pink flowers. Birds of Paradise. I got up early on Monday morning and went for a swim. ...the heart-shaped flower bouquet. We got back to our room to find it all decked out with fresh flower petals.
