Posts Tagged "trees in Central Park"

Winter Gold: Witch Hazel

Posted by Anita on Feb 17, 2015 in flowers, Unmowed Blog, winter | 4 comments

My hands have never been so cold. I’m wearing gloves but they’re too thin, and the wind is howling. It’s what they used to call a lazy wind–it goes right through you instead of taking the trouble to go around. The skyscrapers of New York City make canyons for the wind to flow through like a bitter river. Cold gusts are slipping icy fingers down the back of my neck. Central Park is full of trees, but there’s nary a leaf anywhere to be seen (not counting pine needles).  You wouldn’t think anything would be flowering now, in the darkest days of December. And...