June 30, almost home

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We have reached the south entrance to West Park. We've walked by, we've seen the stone pillars which mark the entrance, but we've never walked in. I believe this is the first time I have ever walked into the park from this side.





There's not very much park on this side. Just a relative sliver between two apartment buildings.

In past walks we have been down on the green lawns you can see. In the upper right, the band shell is visible.

There are stairs going down from here to the rest of the park. I took a pic, but the elderly and overgrown earth+wood steps aren't very interesting, so I'm not going to show them.





This is near the entrance to the park. I think this is the biggest daylily I've ever seen. It is wider than my palm+fingers.





Back on Huron; headed west.

Not sure if this is a daisy, or a black-eyed Susan, or.....





Yucca.





Do you remember this from last year?





Mulberries.





They are sweet, seedy, and don't have much flavor. They are full-sized trees, and from the sidewalk image above, you can tell how much fruit they bear.

I can't figure out why no one has worked on making these tasty. The trees are vigorous to the point of being rooted out as weeds. They make millions of berries. Seems like a tasty variety would be worth a lot of money.





Rose, before.





Rose, after.







Here's that big house going in right next to one of the western entrances to West Park. Looks like they will have a garage after all -- see it, way in the back of the lot? I don't think I want to drive from that garage, down in the back corner, up to the street if there is snow, or ice..... And there will be snow and ice.....





Here is the entrance to West Park, just to the left of the in-process house.

Can you see where the lawn curves around behind the trees in the upper right? That's where the steps come down from the south entrance.





Linden.





We looked at one of these last year. I've convinced myself it's a cherry.







Spirea.

I've had a terrible time getting any images of these that I'm happy with. Last year I got a bunch, but this year a lot of them seem sort of ratty, and it's been windy, too, since they've been blooming.







Gotta love a town that curves the sidewalks to avoid the trees.



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