Friday, June 27, 2008

Street Scene


Happy Friday!
I was crossing the street near the Capitol and decided to take advantage of the moment! This is 10th Street…looking toward downtown Sacramento…the Capitol is on your right.
I love the Palm trees!
You can’t help but notice the greenery throughout the city! In fact, Sacramento claims to be one of the world’s greatest tree cities!

You know, when I moved back to Sacramento two years ago—after being gone for 10 years—one of the first things I noticed was so many trees had matured! I always remember there being a lot of trees, but it just seemed greener!

What’s your favorite kind of tree?

3 comments:

Susan said...

There's something to be said for palm tree-lined streets-nice shot!

USelaine said...

Favorite kind of tree? Oh, man, that's a hard question. In the world-wide sense, I have to say redwood. But in the downtown Sacramento sense, there are a few specific ones that come to mind. To the left of your shot, up Capitol Mall a block or two, was a great big native-type sycamore, with longer points on the leaves than English Plane trees. And way up in Alkalai Flat, there was a huge old Norway Maple with the deepest darkest shade in the neighborhood, with dark green leaves. And the Hale Mansion, where I rented a studio apartment, was fronted by wonderful old Magnolia trees. That building is now the Stirling Hotel. But those fan palms native to southern desert springs are a cool choice too. Sacramento really is a tree city. Thanks for the memories.

Juneau Alaska Photos said...

Greetings from Juneau, Alaska!
Welcome to the City Daily Photo Blog Family. It's been years since I've been to Sacramento. I look forward to seeing more of your photos. I'm sure it's changed a lot since 1986. Have a great day.:)

I like conifers. They're green year around.