Pretty Flowers and Trees

Here in Maadi we are blessed with TONS of beautiful trees and flowers. It is apparently one of the things that Maadi is famous for. Who knew? I was very pleasantly surprised when I got here and everything is in full bloom. I love pretty flowers (what girl, even a tomboy with allergies like me, doesn't like pretty flowers? You'd have to be an even colder hearted person than I, and that's a bit of a challenge). My favorite is a tree called Cassia Tree. There are varied types of this tree that produce different types and colors of blooms. The one that surrounds the campus and my walk to campus is soft pink and white and smells heavenly. Its a light, florally (I know, its a generic adjective, but I really can't come up with anything better; even with my extensive vocabulary) sent that you can smell especially when the wind shifts, as it is wont to do here quite often. Basically it makes my little walk to campus a fabulous one every morning. You gotta love mother nature like that. She'll make you wanna die with the heat but give you the prettiest and most fabulous flowers at the same time. This is what makes me think that mother nature is a scorned woman slowly wreaking her havoc on us for unknown reasons... more on that later. However, the coolest thing about the Cassia tree is not the flowers, but the fact that its branches grow at angles! Yep, its growing strait out from the tree and all of a sudden, Woah! It takes a ninety degree turn. So the branches all wind up being zig-zaggy and crazy. I'll have to take some more pictures of the branches, but this is what I have so far for all of the trees and flowers.