Tulip Mania in Manhattan

This was a great year for tulips. 

Clearly the weather gods favored them. 

It seems like almost every tree pit put on a pretty display. 

This one looks like a bouquet!

Red is still the most favored color, but plenty of other options were available if you aren’t a fan.

In a bit of a timing oops, the ones on Park Avenue this year did not start blooming until after the cherry trees had finished.

Meanwhile, the Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village decided to just mix all the colors together –

nicely complimenting the pride flag.

 But mostly it’s a matter of coordinating the tulips with the never-ending construction.

Perhaps that explains the preference for red.

Pervious tulip blogs…

https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2023/05/tulips-6.html 

https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2019/10/tulips-5.html

https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2018/07/tulips-4.html

https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2016/09/tulips-3.html

https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2015/05/tulips-2.html 

https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2014/05/greenwich-village-tulips.html 

https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2013/06/tulips.html

Happy Spring!

PJ

 

© 2024 PJ Lehrer

Eleven fire trucks

 

We get lots of visits from the fire department in our neighborhood. 

Usually I hear the sirens stop in front of the building so I know that they are there. 

But they surprised me on Friday. 

 I only realized they were there when I looked out the window and saw a ladder. 

I imagine this woman was even more surprised than I was.

I never saw any flames.  Just some smoke on the roof.  But I did see that a hose was in action, so clearly some water had been applied.

Meanwhile though, more and more fire trucks and support vehicles kept arriving – even one whose role was to hand out beverages and snacks to firefighters in warm weather.  What an excellent idea.

In the end, the fire trucks topped out at eleven.  It was our biggest turnout ever.

But there were no bodies in the stretchers when they exited the building, so that was good news.

And, on that happy note, the guys rolled up their hose and departed.  Until next time. 😉

 

Previous fire blogs…

https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2012/06/fire-on-75th-street.html

https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2013/04/14th-street-fire-41313.html

Cheers!

PJ

 

© 2024 PJ Lehrer