Took a stroll through the public garden yesterday.  As with my garden in the Fenway, the blooms of early spring have given way to a brief in-between time.  The tulips are gone, and most of the beds in the public garden are barren for the time being.  I'm hoping this isn't due to budget cuts.  But if it is, the Commonwealth Avenue entrance has a fanciful display of white alliums that should delight even Boston's budget-strapped bureaucrats...


I love the austere palette, which is perfect for the times.  And the whole display manages to seem both economical and exotic — think of the onion domes of Eastern Europe...


...(alliums are basically glorified onions, after all).

Simply, beautifully done...