A few days after Sandy visited New York,
visitors to the reopened Central Park heard
“Leaning on the Everlasting Arms”
Bethesda Terrace
Central Park, Manhattan
4 November 2012
Some ice is thin.
Some ice is even thinner.
The ice today at The Lake at Central Park was the thinnest I have ever seen.
20 January 2013
The Lake, Central Park
In and out of focus
bees enjoy the nectar
of purple flowers
in Central Park
23 October 2011
Central Park, New York
While squirrels in New York enjoy
a varied diet,
some squirrels still
enjoy acorns
27 October 2012
Central Park
New York, New York
Some squirrels find all sorts of things to eat in New York.
This one has not – at least not at the time of this photo.
Although it seemed like the squirrel expected to receive something.
See you along the Trail
The photo was taken in Central Park on 24 November 2012.
Central Park is closed until further notice. The park closed before Sandy arrived. It remains closed. The park sustained damage during the storm. The closing protects visitors from falling branches or trees. It allows park personnel the opportunity to clean the park.
Updates as to the progress of restoring Central Park appear on the park’s Web page. On the page today are photos of the damage. That includes the uprooting of a willow tree near Harlem Meer.
Immediately upon viewing the photo, I recalled that, a little over a year ago, I walked around Harlem Meer with my friend Peter Tibi. We passed this willow. I took a photo, not of the tree, but of its branches dipped into Harlem Meer. I wrote a poem – of sorts.
Now it stands, toppled. In no way does this compare to the loss of human life or the destruction of homes and the disruption of lives wrought by Sandy in New York, New Jersey, other parts of the United States, including Puerto Rico, Haiti, Cuba, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Canada, and Jamaica. Nor does it compare to such losses brought by Cyclone Nilam to brothers and sisters living on the Indian Ocean.
Still, the fall of the willow that I sought to capture in photo and words tugs at me, a reminder of the storm’s power and life’s fragility.
See you along the Trail.
Filed under Current Events, New York
Central Park has hooked me. Wonders fill the park. Each visit brings new sights. New experiences.
Even when one becomes lost, delight often lies just around the next corner.
See you along the Trail.
Along the Graybeard Trail 