Berlin: Ice cream tree

Spotted this morning on Modersohnstraße, summer’s single last blossom on the ice-cream tree.

Read Full Post »

Berlin: You’re so vain…

Plants in the bathroom mirror. Spotted this morning on the sidewalk of Gubener Straße, one of Friedrichshain’s greenest hidden little streets.

Read Full Post »

New York trees wear urban tumbleweeds

Speaking of “urban tumbleweeds,” a.k.a. plastic bags and other trash blown through the city, I began to notice back in early spring just how many street trees have some kind of trash caught in them. It’s probably not so apparent now that the trees have grown their full summer coat of foliage, but back then the number was astonishing. Nearly every tree I passed had some kind of plastic bag, ragged rag, bit of orange construction mesh, or other scrap adorning its bare branches, as if this were some kind of fashion trend for trees.

Read Full Post »

Berlin, Entry 34: Tree-trash in the street

9 September 2008, ca. 18:00
Bödikerstaße, between Persiusstr. and Corinthsstr., Friedrichshain, Berlin

Read Full Post »

Berlin Entry 33, part 2: Behind the rose garden

As promised, here is a continuation of the previous post. These photos were taken off to the south side of the rose garden.

Read Full Post »

Utrecht: Dumped plant, somewhere in the city center

Who tosses out a living thing? Does it know it has been designated as trash? It was still growing happily away in the dumpster. Utrecht, June 2008.
Original on Flickr.

Read Full Post »