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Tag: Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles’s Cherry Blossoms

    Los Angeles’s Cherry Blossoms

    A nice write-up in the LA Times on the jacaranda trees that blossom along Del Mar boulevard in Pasadena. The trees are always a treat in the spring, and unlike the cherry blossoms for which Japan is famous, the jacaranda blossoms linger for several months. L.A.’s oldest jacarandas are 80 to 100 years old, and…