This is one of the most beautiful trees I have ever seen. I love jacarandas. They have such stunning color, airy open canopies, wide spread shade.
As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group gives Kossacks a safe place to check in, a daily diary where we can let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, earthquakes, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. It also allows us to find other Kossacks nearby for in-person checks when other methods of communication fail - a buddy system. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, earthquakes etc.), we and your buddy are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here. We care!
IAN is a great group to join, and a good place to learn to write diaries. Drop one of us a Kosmail and ask to be added to the Itzl Alert Network anytime! We all share the publishing duties, and we welcome everyone who reads IAN to write diaries for the group! Every member is an editor, so anyone can take a turn when they have something to say, photos and music to share, a cause to promote or news!
We do have a diary schedule. But, when you are ready to write that diary, either post in thread or send FloridaSNMOM a Kosmail with the date. If you need someone to fill in, ditto. FloridaSNMOM is here on and off through the day usually from around 9:30 or 10 am eastern to around 11 pm eastern.
Monday: BadKitties
Tuesday: ejoanna
Wednesday: Caedy
Thursday: art ah zen
Friday: FloridaSNMOM
Saturday: Most Awesome Nana
Sunday: loggersbrat
They also are perhaps the messiest trees that don't drop bombs or sap. Those flowers, ach! They track into your house on all feet, into your garage on all tires, into the yard on all winds. More below the orange zen tangle string. One day, I will tangle it just to see what can be done.
The streets in my mother's neighborhood are lined in jacarandas. This time of year brings millions of flowers, towering canopies filled with lavender. I loved driving down the street to her house. This year, I am noticing that my neighborhood has quite a few of them too. I am happy to see them in the distance, happy walking under them even if I am crushing flowers. Razzle jumps into piles of them and roots through to see if she can scare out any lizards.
They are gorgeous, they remind me of the promise of spring made real, they bring fresh sweet memories of going to see my folks through the years. I welcome spring and the new memories I will make under these purple trees.