I had to go downtown (which is what folks in the Bronx call Manhattan) for an appointment, and right where the Brooklyn Bridge started near City Hall I noticed these beautiful sunflowers that dispelled the gloom of the day. Try hard as I might, I could not get a good shot of the flowers without the buildings in the background - that’s when it dawned on me to incorporate the skyscrapers into the picture. Here I was in the middle of the city, and there was this island oasis that reminded me of the farm where I grew up in Michigan. Despite being a concrete jungle, NYC has some of the most beautiful green spaces I have ever seen.