Do I love them? Do I hate them? Yes, actually.
The Jacaranda trees along Mountain View Place in Fullerton, CA, on Tuesday, May 20, 2020. The jacaranda tree in my front yard started dropping purple blossoms this week, and that means it’s time for my annual column about our love-hate relationship.
If I liked them, I’d warn them about how the sticky blossoms adhere to your car and require an electric sander to remove, which they’d better do before it eats into the paint. They immediately set to work remodeling their historic bungalow, even though it had literally just been remodeled before they bought it — apparently not to their satisfaction. They also planted new trees in the front yard that were totally inappropriate to our historic neighborhood near the beach, including a mesquite tree that hung over the front yard fence.
One day, it occurred to me that I had never actually welcomed them to the neighborhood. So I baked some brownies and rang their doorbell. When the female version of the architectural pair opened the door, I gave her the brownies and asked her if she’d like to come over some time for a cup of coffee. I moved out of that neighborhood in 2006, after a fatal gang shooting across the street led me to believe it wasn’t the best place to bring up kids. And now I live on a quiet, tree-lined suburban street where the most exciting thing that’s happened this year is when the city started randomly chopping down our street trees without warning.
I’m willing to give these new folks the benefit of the doubt, despite their New York-loving bumper sticker. But if I see them wearing a New York Yankees baseball cap, I really can’t be responsible for my actions.
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