parking hazards.

i've been keeping my car with me at our apartment pretty frequently these days (you may be wondering why i don't keep it all the time if it's mine. well the car is mine (and missy's) as in we-drive-it-but-don't-want-to-pay-insurance-for-it-so-it-sits-at-our-parents'), which is nice, because i've gotten to take some fun little jaunts around queens. having somewhat switched teams from neighborhood pedestrian to neighborhood motorist, i've now become privy to lots of stuff around here that i typically don't notice. like no parking signs. "no parking due to tree pruning" signs.

seriously.


i've been driving around the five boroughs of NYC for 12 years (eek!) now and honestly never saw anything like this before. i thought it was a joke at first. people actually prune the public trees?! in the outer-boroughs, no less?!

well, turns out they do. when i returned to move my car the next day, this sight was waiting for me:

that's some major pruning.

thank goodness i had taken the sign seriously enough to park across the street.