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<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s spring almost summer. June in Los Angeles is the season of not-quite summer. The kind of summer that you wish you had; a little overcast in the morning but usually turning blue sky and warm by afternoon. Not too hot.<\/p>\n
But the days are long, like they are every where in the northern hemisphere. The flowers come out.<\/p>\n
Trees bloom. I had never imagined such a thing in Alaska. This broad blue flowered tree looked like somehting out of Dr. Suess to me the first time I saw it.<\/p>\n
And they are blooming again.<\/p>\n
“Mommy! Look!”<\/p>\n
“Aren’t the blue trees pretty, Veronica? They are called Jackaranda trees.”<\/p>\n
The name is kind of magical too. A unique name.<\/p>\n
“That is my Panda Bear tree, Mommy. I live there.”<\/p>\n
what? Jackaranda….anda….Panda….<\/p>\n
“That looks like a very good place to live.”<\/p>\n
“Yeah! Do you want to come live with me in the Panda bear tree, Mommy?”<\/p>\n
Ok.<\/p>\n
It’s spring almost summer. June in Los Angeles is the season of not-quite summer. The kind of summer that you wish you had; a little overcast in the morning but usually turning blue sky and warm by afternoon. Not too … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"