“It's important for me to see all cultural institutions double down on their values,” said Multicultural BRIDGE founder and CEO Gwendolyn VanSant said. “In this exhibit, you can see that it's representative of all of the cultures that make up our country, and I'm proud to be a part of that."
Keying out the details of what remains of the plant on the stormy day on which I write of this discovery, observation points to the noveboracensis, a phenomenal New York Ironweed. I am eager for a close look during the 2019 growing season.
A month ago the robust, round plant a few inches taller than I shed its green leaves – a sort of undergarment – revealing a body left clothed in densely packed scarlet berries.
Soon the great bird backed down the post in pulses, turned its body and leaped onto a branch near the middle of the bush where it proceeded to feed on the red fruit.
