So one of the great things about the place we're staying is that it's directly across the street from Prospect Park, which is also connected to the Botanical Gardens and the Brooklyn Art Museum. Additionally, James' friend happens to intern there and gave us an awesome personal tour of the place.
Prospect Park is huge. 580 acres if I recall correctly which makes it only 200 acres or so less than Central Park. What with the weather being so cooperative lately(seriously it has been about 60+ during the day here) it was a perfect day to head out and check it out.
This is a patio type covering. It looks very precarious and has interesting column details
James entering a tunnel that had righteous reverb. Mega.
Apparently alot of asian couples have very elaborate weddings around this lake
Long Meadow is long
At the end of the park we walked through the farmer's market occurrence and there was the Triumphant Arch commemorating something in the Civil War. Also, just 100 yards behind us is where the tornado from a month or two ago blew through and fucked up alot of trees.
A righteous Poseidon fountain. Alas, no water.
And then onward to the Botanical Gardens.
Cherry Trees
The Japanese Garden is really serene. I dig the rock formations.
Lots of people with cameras.
A Shinto Shrine
The greenhouses. This is actually a picture of an events area but I dig the arches and stuff.
Stuff in the ponds. All the agaves and lilies were kind of ragged due to the hail that came with the tornado.
Into the greenhouses
This species of orchid is one of the largest in the world
James is transfixed by the chlorophyll while another man is hypnotized by a flesh eating orchid
Pitcher plants forever
Rainforest Room is inhabited by ghosts
Banana,na-na-na-na
omfg
On to the Bonsai room
This is Fudo, a Sargent Juniper.
It died in 1971.
It is estimated to have been around 800 years old.
!
This is a sculpture made by Patrick Dougherty.
And here's an article by the BBG
This is a couple that was involved in a photoshoot or something that I kept walking through. Someone was persistently going "!BOOOOOoooo!....!BOOOoooo!"
Alright, so if you're still even bothering to follow this, we then went over to the Brooklyn Art Museum for a little while. Mostly it was alot of ancient art and things of that nature. And mummies.
The African art section. Lots of 19th and 20th century masks
Komo Society Mask, late 19th Century, Mali
Mask, early 20th Century, Ivory Coast
Divination object (Gle), early 20th Century, Liberia
Man's Corset, 20th Century, Sudan
Iranian
Tile Fragment Depicting a Lion in a Landscape, 17th Century
Helmet, 18th Century
Miquelet-Lock Holster Pistol, Turkey, early 19th century
India
Dancing Ganesh, 10th Century
Leg from an Ivory Palanquin, 17th Century
Java
Japan
Horse Head, 5th Century
Pair of Guardian Animals, 13th Century
James expressing anger at ancient things
China
Ceremonial Wine Vessel on Wheels, 18th Century
Ok. Brooklyn Museum will be continued later. The weather is amazing out right now and Ima go to the Met.
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