by the shade of the trees

i have a love-affair with trees. as a young child, some of my most memorable summers were spent on a tree with my bestfriend. our favorite was her lola's "tambis" ( i call it the pink bell fruit, but i don't know what it is called in english). we used to pretend the tree was our house and the branches the different rooms. it was even more exciting because the fruits, and there were hundreds of them, were just within easy reach of our short arms. it used to terrify her mom to find us always sitting on one of the branches, happily munching the sweetest "tambis" i could ever remember. luckily for us, we never fell off the branches. sadly, when her lola died, the tambis no longer bore much fruit, and eventually, died too. the mango trees, the coconut trees and the chico trees in our neighborhood and in my lola's hometown were not spared from my active adventures and misadventures as well. and even now, i still ocassionally feel the urge to climb, but i have better sense not to, so i just feast my eyes on them and take snaps to remind me of the joy they bring my life.

the phone booth by the shade of these glorious trees ( i think they're gum trees), taken last october at another park near our place

the hidden gazebo (shaded from the sun by trees)

"alone with myself, the trees bend to caress me. the shade hugs my heart."- Candy Polgar

the last remaining flower of the jacaranda tree reaching out to me (while the lush leaves provided me the most comforting shade)