Spring in Central Park

It is snowing seriously this morning here in Vermont, so looking at these photos that I shot in Central Park on Thursday, a windy but sunny day, is a delight. Early spring was in full bloom, and my first glimpse of it was the forsythia draped over the stone wall on Fifth Avenue. I had just been to the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum to see the marvelous exhibition Color Moves: Art and Fashion by Sonia Delaunay, and walked along Fifth to the 90th Street entrance to the park, wending my way to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.






Two beautifully scented shrubs greeted me at the entrance to the park, one in full bloom, the other with the blooms beginning to open. I don't know the name of this plant, so perhaps a reader can identify it.




There was a brilliant mass of orange tulips shouting happily for attention.




The venerable flowering trees in the lane alongside the reservoir were sprouting leaves and blooms along their trunks.




The greens of shrubs are the bright, fresh yellow-green that only shows in early spring. A bicycle, itself a sign of spring, is nestled in the brilliant foliage.






Behind the Metropolitan Museum are a group of magnolias that were in full bloom, including the stunning white Star magnolia. These seem the most extravagant of flowering trees with their massive bright blooms, so different from the delicacy of cherry or apple.




And along the pathway on the north side of the museum, these modest yellow blooms shine among the detritus of winter. The joys of spring come in packages large and small.