Spring comes earlier to London than New York. The past week has been the first I have noticed blossoms and buds starting to form. One of the great things about living on the border of Prospect Heights and Crown Heights is that Brooklyn Botanic Garden is just up the road. Sofie and I renewed our membership on Sunday and spent a very pleasant couple of hours walking, eating ice cream and lying on the grass. There’s barely any blossom yet, but where it is in evidence it’s pretty stunning already. Here’s what we saw:

Cherry blossom
A flowering magnolia tree
A red-tailed hawk
Lots of people wheeling kids
Lots of people wheeling parents
Maggie Gylenhall, Peter Saarsgard and their daughter Ramona