Central Park, Conservatory Garden, Fifth Avenue at 105th Street

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Oh, dear, debate night again and now it's late and I'm too tired to write this up. You might say, well, why didn't you do this earlier, before the debate? The answer is I had to watch the pre-debate talk about what the candidates had to do. And then, of course, post-debate, I had to watch the talk about whether they did it. I'm beginning to understand sports fans.

Anyway, I'll tell you this much: This is the South Garden and here's a link that will explain the different styles of the three sections and what this lily pond is about and all the plants that are there in the spring. They don't seem to have a fall newsletter.



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Notice how delightfully casual yet impressively controlled these plantings are.



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Oh, but I have to tell you about this one; otherwise you won't know why it's here. There's a hummingbird just off center. See the little blurry thing? Oddly enough, in this photo, you don't get the sense of just how small they are. If only my foot were in there for comparison. When I first saw it, I thought, wow, that's a really big insect, but then I saw it was a really small bird. It always feels magical to see a hummingbird.

I know these sentences are not flowing in my usual polished style but they will have to do for now. Maybe I'll edit tomorrow. Maybe not. Because tomorrow I need to go on a new photowalk.

Goodnight all. I hope the debate was good for you.

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Central Park, Conservatory Garden, Fifth Avenue at 105th Street

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And now, our destination, the Conservatory Garden in Central Park. This is at the entrance. Already I am calmed.

The garden is in three sections; this is the Central Garden which is Italian in style. I gather it is spectacularly beautiful in the spring with crabapple trees around the perimeter and wisteria on the pergola at the back. If you are planning to get married, say, next spring, you might give a thought to a wedding on the pergola.

The North Garden is classic French in style and the South Garden is English. More on these tomorrow.



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And this is on the other side, looking back at Fifth Avenue. The building dead center and continuing to the right is El Museo del Bario. If you have really good eyes and squint really hard, you might be able to see signs of the renovation.

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Spanish Harlem, Fifth Avenue at 105th Street

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The renovation is to El Museo del Barrio, just one of the museums on Museum Mile. But that's for another walk. Just now I'm interested in how this woman has dressed for her surroundings with style and panache, right down to her shoes.

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