The first thing you see . . .

when you walk in the main gate of the
Brooklyn Botanic Garden is a huge circular
planter filled with dozens and dozens of
pink and red tulips. (What's just out of view
are the dozens of people posing in front of it.)

[Am linking back to Ruby Tuesday and Our World Tuesday.] 

Thursday Challenge—"pink"

In a couple of weeks, I could have shown you the
Brooklyn Botanic Garden's famous cherry trees.
Meanwhile, these were blooming there indoors even
while snow was still on the ground.  They're
Calliandra surinamensis, aka Surinam powder puffs.

[To see more of the Thursday Photo Challenge, go here.]

Thursday Challenge — "pink"

It won't be long now!  In fact, we'll probably get to 
enjoy these beautiful blooms sooner than we usually 
do—unless the weather changes drastically. It's barely 
March, but the spring bulbs are already popping up and the 
trees are in bud.  And it's supposed to go as high as 70°F today!


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