On my recent trip I had a great art moment while in the Mission District in San Francisco. My 3 adult kids and I took a trip to downtown San Francisco for lunch at a little shop that makes home made papusas which is a kind of a light pancake filled with beans, cheese and your choice of meat. After our meal we were standing outside and I noticed this awesome flowering tree. Of course my son was giving me a hard time about stopping dead in my tracks for a photo shoot moment.
These blossoms were at least 8 to 10 inches long and 6 inches wide. It was a coral angel’s trumpet tree. As I was taking the pictures I was wondering how this beautiful tree was growing in this sea of concrete jungle. 
Litteraly it was surrounded with cement and asphalt. It was a very spontaneous art show all decked out in a beautiful display it seemed just for me. Isn’t it amazing how resilient plants can be sometimes. The lower part of Idaho is known for its lava beds and I remember when I first moved here being captivated with the way the sagebrush was growing out of the lava beds.
Thousands of years of blowing dust created just enough soil for the sagebrush to take hold and grow in the tiny pot holes formed by the moving lava. As you can see in the pictures that this was a very healthy and beautiful angel’s trumpet tree and each flower seemed to be floating down from the branches. On this day it seemed that I was the only one who was captivated by its beauty including my kids who were ready to go to the Oakland A’s vs Angels game at the Collisium in Oakland.
We eventually went to the game and had a great time. There is nothing like the smell of the popcorn, hot dogs and a cold beer in a baseball stadium.
It was a great time and very nostalgic for me because I grew up next to Angel Stadium in Anahiem California. The Angel’s are my true home team. The last thing I want to mention is that I had the opportunity to go over the new Oakland/San Francisco Bay bridge. They are in the process of dismantling the old double decker bridge. You probably remember when there was an earthquake in 1989 this bridge collapsed on itself. The bay bridge was originally built and opened in 1936 and served the bay area well for an number of years. There was still parts of the bridge standing when we drove across it and it was one of those few times when the old meets the new and a I felt a strong sense of how progress marches on and we are all a part of history so to speak. Probably all of you have experienced those time in your lives and I know I will remember that moment for a long time…… Karen
