The Jacarandas are in Bloom

 They really ought to bloom in Lent, what with being purple and all.  But here we are in Ascensiontide and a few hours from Pentecost.   None the less, they're absolutely gorgeous, even if they do have no liturgical sense at all.

The picture isn't actually local.  It's purloined from the results of a "jacaranda" google search.    I had a good local shot from a few years ago but it seems to have vanished from the pc as things have a way of doing.  Some local neighborhoods have a long archway of these trees for the length of the road.  When they're in bloom it really is a breathtaking sight.