Jacaranda

It’s been kind of chilly and rainy here lately, which is annoying because I was hoping for a really hot spring and summer this year. One thing that has assured me that it is actually spring are the Jacaranda trees. They were one of the things I really noticed when I first arrived last year, and it’s amazing to think that already another year has gone by. There are a TON of them in the Sutherland Shire (my neighborhood) and I learned that during the 70’s there was a hospital that would give parents a seedling Jacaranda tree to take home with every new baby. Now, there are 40 year old Jacaranda trees all over the place! They have really beautiful purple flowers, which are starting to fall now that we’re headed into summer. It kind of reminds me of the cherry trees on the quad at UW, except these actually match the school colors! I went for a walk on my lunch break and took a couple of photos around Surry Hills. These are a bit younger than the ones near my house, but you get the idea.