PJ's Studio: Mother’s Day in Central Park

Sunday, May 28, 2023

Mother’s Day in Central Park

NYC had great weather for Mother’s Day this year, so everyone headed for Central Park.

The tone was mostly mellow, if you don’t count the occasional traffic jam at the light.

Since it was fairly cool, the basketball, volleyball and baseball courts/fields were all full.

But who needs a ball field?

There was plenty of picnicking, book reading

and tree climbing going on as parents interacted with their kids.

Apparently this one was far less enthused about having his portrait sketched than his family was.

There was even some kite flying, although it wasn’t really breezy enough for that.

But the strangest sight was four beautifully curated picnic set-ups that were completely unoccupied. People passing by wondered aloud about their significance.

One guessed that it might be a test to see if people would mess up the displays. Perhaps. Certainly no one touched them while I was there. New Yorker’s can actually be considerate that way. Who knew? 😉