Speaking of cypress knees, I told you nature prevails down south. Watch your back or it’ll overwhelm you. Pave over it. It’ll just punch back through. These knees are digging out of the Underworld somewhere in Audubon Zoo.

Not to be outdone, the Victorian brick streets are doing their best to make a comeback as well. They are assisted by the water table mere inches below or sometimes above the surface of the street. The whole city is like a freakin’ Romero film as the undead burst from the ground…
seriously, enlarge this:
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Originally published Feb2009