The Rain tree and our Florida walk.....

Cars of beauty and art:
 Tesla model S

Now:
Sherry and I try to walk every day. We do not always make it, but we make it at least 5-6 days every week. The walk is between 2 & 3 miles.  If I am ever elected to a city council (HAHA) I am gonna propose the city put a porta-potty every mile or two.  Then we could walk further! LOL
We see many Rain-trees on our walk. Until the last 10 years I never paid close attention to the tree. This is a Florida rain tree. When the sun hits it right it becomes a fire:

From Study.com

Raintree:

The scientific name for the raintree is Albizia saman. It is a tree that is native to the tropical regions of the New World. The raintree is a flowering plant. It belongs to the taxonomic family Fabaceae, and is related to the pea. The reason this species is called a rain tree is because the leaves curl in during rainstorms. The average height of a mature raintree is approximately 82 feet.

The flowering part of the tree is shaped sorta like an oriental lantern with 3 wings.

 This one we walk under and even duck a little it is so loaded.

The rain tree is very pretty and colorful your eye cannot miss it as you walk.  We have sidewalks in this community, many places on both sides of the street.

BUT a few places the residents (or empty lots) encroach and block the sidewalk.

Like the west, we have many beautiful sunsets here. With the setting sun lighting up the rain trees and clouds.

It was dark when we reached home. Just a few minutes before arriving home, I caught this palm silhouette.

I love the ‘Tropical look’ and especially the palms. If it is not a fruit palm (coconut or date) it is only decorative as far as eye pleasure or food. We have one small palm, at our house. Our community has very little ‘busy traffic.’ Most everyone works and once they are home the cars stay parked. Actually most of our walk could be done in the middle of the streets.

We have a few porch sitters. We enjoying speaking and waving without stopping.

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