walking home, May 16

Horse chestnut on right, maple on left. I wanted to show you the horse chestnut's habit. The generic ones (don't know about the pink one I showed you at lunchtime!) are big trees, and at bloom time they are covered with big conical bunches of flowers.





Another look at one of the spectacular crabs we've been enjoying. With sycamore.





Here is our persimmon, just beginning to leaf out. The crab on the right was spectacular last year, but was caught in the rain this year, and didn't get much time to shine.





Urban tulip on Main Street.

Many (many) restaurants on Main Street clog the sidewalks with chairs and tables. Why anyone wants to sit outside with the exhaust and the traffic noise (to say nothing of the insects, and the pedestrians staring down at their plates!) I have no idea, but they do. Note chair, top right, about six inches from the curb, and car, top left, about to zoom *right* by the chair.... Not my idea of a congenial dining atmosphere............





A look inside the same tulip. Pink on the outside, orange (with racing stripes) on the inside. Excellent.





Gridlock, Ann Arbor style.

I guess Critter Control doesn't extend to elimination of drivers too stupid to refrain from blocking the intersection. (Imagining Critter Control guy fogging the offensive cars full of nasty icky poison stuff, then towing them away.......)

A good time to be on foot, rather than trying to drive.





Matching the decor to the plants is catching. Here the yellow house's door matches the Japanese maple in their neighbor's yard. (as always, click on an image to see a bigger version)





Parrots in front of a porch.





Milkweed.







Bleeding heart, with matching door. On this day, even the mail matches.