Springtime on Park Avenue, Manhattan

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Median.

83rd and Park Avenue (Upper East Side of Manhattan).

Image: GrrlScientist, 26 April 2009 [larger view].

In the wee hours of Saturday, the temperature was somewhere close to 38 degrees Fahrenheit at my apartment, then, hours later, it reached 88 degrees -- a 50 degree difference! Today, it is predicted to reach 90 degrees in Manhattan, so I had to celebrate by roaming around the Park Avenue median on the Upper East Side, photographing the blossoms.

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