In the neighborhood

 I can see this tree from my living room window. The knobs on the ends of the branches are caused by the yearly trimming of the new branches.

Someone made these concrete objects and placed them in the canal. The flowers are replaced so that there is something in bloom constantly from early spring to late fall. The open area on the right is a large garden. Sometimes parts of it are used as a rice paddy and then at other times vegetables are grown in the same ground. So it looks very different depending on the time year.