JACARANDA

It’s June, so these beautiful trees can be seen all over Southern California, from San Diego north to Santa Barbara. There are
150,000 in Los Angeles, alone. There
are many in full bloom, along the main streets of my city. I detour to see them.

Although they grow well in this climate, they are native to South America. (Argentina & Brazil). Sometimes they even bloom in Autumn.

When they bloom in their
“riotous violet haze,” for a brief time, they cause residents to be nostalgic.
The clean-up of all those gorgeous flowers generates some grumbling, though.

“Beautiful hands
are as rare as
Jacaranda trees in bloom,
in a city where pretty faces
are as common as
runs in dollar stockings.”
—Raymond Chandler (Author)