Thursday, February 24, 2011

Winter roses

Yesterday I went into NYC with friends to see a show. We waited on the half price ticket line in Times Square for about an hour. It was freezing cold, but we were rewarded with tickets for Memphis. It was a terrific show with abundant singing and dancing. It won the Tony last year for the best new musical and I can see why.
On the way home we drove up Park Avenue to see these fabulous metal and fiberglass roses. There are 38 of them along a 10 block span, some of them being 25 feet high. What a treat to see flowers on that cold wintry day, a little tease of Spring. If you get into New York, they are well worth driving a little out of your way to see them. You can read about them here and see more pictures.

3 comments:

Lori Gravley said...

These are wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing them.

Vivien Zepf said...

So cool! I'm going to have to look out for these.

Melanie said...

I saw these today when I went to the red-and-white show at the armory. Whoever chooses the works shown on Park Avenue has a deep and admirable streak of whimsy.
:-)