Brooklyn Nature (and urban landscape), part two:

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Prospect Park continued to be lovely.



Another urban nature appreciator across the Lull Water.

As I walked through the park, I saw a small clearing with what looked like dozens of dragonflies zipping around.


When I got up close, I realized they were cicada-killer wasps, Sphecius speciosus, the largest species of wasp in the Northeast.


Reportedly their sting is extremely painful, but they are very non-aggressive, and they had other activities to perform. There were several nest burrows around, and the egg-shaker sound of Tibicen cicadas--the wasp's favorite baby food--filled the air.


Several blocks away, the neighborhood where the wedding took place has a beauty of its own.


It's...uh...not "exactly" a "dog." Just beware, ok?


Inside the Bell House, the walls are covered with murals by Shepherd Fairey, the nice man from Rhode Island who made my Don't Shoot! It's Only Comics T-shirts all those years ago. Oh, he also designed the iconic Obama "Hope" poster, for which he is


I got up on the stage of the Bell House and pretended to be Art Chung, or Ophira Eisenberg. No, just kidding, I pretended to be Jonathan Coulton.


"New York!"

Comments

[ssorca19.livejournal.com]

what exactly is alexis wtfing in that building picture? the paint scheme? the fact that you were taking a picture of it at all? the weird duct work, or the window ac unit sticking directly through a section of wall?

[cottonmanifesto.livejournal.com]

i am wtfing at the fact that when we were walking in i was staring at that alley/building admiring it and jef was dismissive but when we left, he thought it was cool enough to take a picture of.