For the first 11 years of my life I lived in New Jersey and Virginia. Then my father got a job transfer to California. Driving into San Diego after being on the road for days my dad would excitedly tell us “Look at the palm trees!” We were like “cool.”♀️ And also “You’ve seen one palm tree, you’ve seen them all.” And probably a little bit of “If you wake me up from my car nap to see one more palm tree I’m going to lose it!” lol My dad was probably messing with us. But seeing as he’d wanted to move to Florida or California his entire life, this could have been sincere excitement. Hard to tell.
But now these beauties make me feel at ease, happy, and at home. Yes, I was born and raised partly on the east coast but San Diego is definitely HOME. I never get tired of the palm tree view and my kids probably think I’m as crazy as my dad since I’m always excitedly photographing some gorgeous palm trees. ♀️Some day they mayl understand.
