Bloomers In The Big Apple ...

“Where flowers bloom, so does hope.”

       ~ Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson

               ~ 1912 ~ 2007

    ~ First Lady of the United States of America

                 ~ 1963 ~ 1969

   ~ Second Lady of the United States of America

                  ~ 1961 ~ 1963

Lady Bird Johnson contributed to spreading hope & beautifying America by promoting the use of wildflowers along the highways of the nation. She was an advocate for beautifying the nation’s cities & highways, and the Highway Beautification Act of 1965 was informally known as “Lady Bird’s Bill.” It was the pet project of the First Lady, who believed that beauty, & generally clean streets, would make the United States a better place to live.

Beautiful tulips are in full bloom in Lower Manhattan on a gorgeous mid-April afternoon in New York City ~ The Big Apple.

 

We'll Have Manhattan ...

"...I've a cozy little flat in 
What is known as old Manhattan,
We'll settle down
Right here in town.


... We'll have Manhattan,
the Bronx and Staten Island too ...

The great big city's a wondrous toy
Just made for a girl and boy -
We'll turn Manhattan
Into an isle of joy."
                          ~ "Manhattan"
               ~Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart, 1925
~ A popular song and part of the 
Great American Songbook, often known as
"We'll Have Manhattan" 

An artistic view of beautiful tulips in full
bloom in Lower Manhattan on a gorgeous April day in New York City, settled down in town to turn Manhattan into an isle of joy.