Well folks I'm here. The gold-rush state is my new home for the next two months.
My neighborhood is Berkeley a little town on the bay which is home to the University of California, Berkeley and a plethora of gems such as amazing Indian restaurants and exotic plants. Berkeley seems to be in a bit of a idyllic time-warp and remnants of earlier days can be found around every corner.
Old cars aside, the real Berkeley surprises are the gorgeous plants that are bursting from every street corner, window box, and fence in town.
Guess where I am now? No I am not in a national park or forest. I am on Berkeley's campus! The entire campus is woven in and out of these groves of Eucalyptus and other California botany. Live eucalyptus leaves scent the air with the most soothing sunny fragrance, I wish I could summon that scent whenever I wanted to relax.
For the benefit of curious Berkeley students this charming fixture on campus showcases the daily news from various newspapers.
These mohawked plants are the most birdlike birds-of-paradise that I've ever seen, I literally tripped because I thought a flock of orange plumed ostriches were barreling out of someone's front door.
One of my goals for this summer, and life, is to fill my free time with simple pleasures such as walking, laughing, eating healthy foods; the kind of pleasures that add sustenance to life as opposed to sheer entertainment which usually leaves me, personally, anxious. Just as I was thinking about that I looked up and saw this sign. Needless to say I decided to take that street for the rest of my walk.
I love and miss all you guys.
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