March 2020 - Arnold Arboretum - Title: Just a walk

March 9, 2020. My first shoot after recovering from what I believe was a bout of Covid that came in early February about 10 days after I enjoyed 3 packed events. In retrospect I feel very lucky I didn't know at the time what my very odd symptoms meant. I hadn't had the flu for 30 years.....

March had brought a spell of balmy weather and I ventured out to the Arboretum in search of early flowering trees and witch-hazel specimens (see golden blooms left of path).

"Just a Walk" became an important phrase for me. On this day instead of thinking of the Arboretum as a nature preserve with specimen trees, I began to appreciate it more as a sanctuary for walkers.