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calimary

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9. Jacarandas!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:59 PM

Apr 23

There were quite a few near where we used to live in SoCal. One in the backyard right next door, that was so big that its branches hung over the fence above our backyard, and when those blossoms dropped, WE TOO had one of those glorious purple "carpets" on the ground from the "shedding" from that jacaranda tree. It had been planted by the original owners to celebrate the birth of their daughter, who was a teenager by the time my family moved in next door to them. I was 9 at the time.

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The Jacaranda tree that I see all the time from my study is starting to show that Spring is coming . . . [View all] CaliforniaPeggy Apr 23 OP

Nice photos, great compositions, Peggy. Diamond_Dog Apr 23 #1

Thanks so much for your generous comments, my dear Diamond_Dog! CaliforniaPeggy Apr 23 #2

Beauty of life around us! NCgayguy Apr 23 #3

Thanks so much, my dear NCgayguy! CaliforniaPeggy Apr 23 #4

Beautiful malaise Apr 23 #5

Thanks so much, my dear malaise! Very kind of you. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Apr 23 #11

Beautiful photographs. Thank you. LoisB Apr 23 #6

Thank You, my dear LoisB! I'm glad you enjoyed them. CaliforniaPeggy Apr 23 #12

The fourth one has gone beyond photography into art. Permanut Apr 23 #7

Thanks so much for your acute vision, my dear Permanut! CaliforniaPeggy Apr 23 #13

Lovely effects, Peggy! Easterncedar Apr 23 #8

Thanks so much, my dear Easterncedar! CaliforniaPeggy Apr 23 #14

Jacarandas! calimary Apr 23 #9

I love your story, and thank you for posting it, my dear calimary! CaliforniaPeggy Apr 23 #15

Yeah i noticed my Figarosmom Apr 23 #10

How lucky you are to have robins nesting in your Burberry, my dear Figarosmom! CaliforniaPeggy Apr 23 #16

You are welcome, CaliforniaPeggy Figarosmom Apr 24 #17