Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Green


Union Square. Friday.


 The irises rise from the ground to observe the very green chairs.


 I go to ogle the herbs --the curly parsley and the sage......


 If anyone knows where I can get fegato alla salvia (Italian liver with sage), I will bless you for ever. Sage looks so very pretty in all its varieties -- and has such a lovely blue flower, but, on the whole, it's not a terribly interesting culinary herb. Others will disagree!


Parrot tulips --how they yell at you just as King Alfred daffodils do
 --and how glad we are of it after a dull winter.


The diner on 6th Avenue around 16th Street has splendid seasonal windows*.


How the bunnies will hop when full of carrots......


and the goose will give an enigmatic smile.......no carrots involved, as far as I know.



* The artist is Noelle.

15 comments:

  1. The bright green chairs contrast so much with the at present so ungreen trees.
    I managed to get a number of unusual varieties of Sage from a herb nursery in Kent once but they are now long gone as I find they do outgrow themselves.

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  2. Fantastic, vibrant colours of green. First pic just jumps out at you! We're really beginning to green up over here in Scotland too!

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  3. The first photo was very funny, it does look like the irises are checking out the very green chairs !
    I too would be ogling all the herbs and the Parrot Tulips. Fantastic !

    cheers, parsnip

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  4. 'Green' intrigued me, as a post title. My favourtie colour is green. I loved your choice of shots for this post - the beautiful and the pretty; the combination of nature and art.
    I was so cheered by it.

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  5. WOW I am loving these larger photos! LOVELY! How did you get them to be so impressively large? Stunning, they are!

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  6. Linda Sue

    just crop them square!they come out bigger ......who knows why!!!

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  7. They are the greenest chairs I've ever seen, I'd love just one in my too brown garden. Some parrot tulips would also be good.

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  8. What are those very bright chairs there for I wonder? Union Square seems so far away right now. My old tromping grounds :) My buns LOVE the farmer's market!

    Love the window art!

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  9. Wonderful!!! My geese are very involved with carrots, they adore them.Lovely photos.

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  10. Last year we spent Easter in New York, as I miss this time, this year. Happy Easter for all.

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  11. The first shot is just brilliant!

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  12. Il Cantinori Ristorante Toscano www.ilcantinori.com serves that in the east village!

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  13. Sighing for all the herbs in your photos. What enchantment those windows are, even in the middle of the city.

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  14. The Spring is great! I love all those fresh greens in the first few pictures and the bunny decorated diner is great!
    Thanks for your comment-I do love planning! Thanks also for the book recommendation about the writing book-just finished it a couple of days ago-it's great! She is so enthusiastic it is infectious!

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  15. Wow where did they get those neon green chairs? I love the herbs too. Maybe I should grow some this summer.

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