It's spring season and it's time for cherry blossoms here in the peninsula. This reminded me of a tree of the same moniker, cherry, from my hometown. Palawan cherry tree as it has been dubbed, or balayong in a more local term, has been a common sight in my high school and other spots in my hometown. I found the photo above from a blog with as equally beautiful shots of the Palawan tree. These, along with the fire trees, are often seen together in the same area. But the dearest to me is the golden shower tree.
I remember one in our front yard when I was a child. It almost always blooms specially around my birth month May. Those were the picture of my childhood: yellow blossoms, regularly-trimmed tree that sometimes hosts caterpillars that turn into beautiful butterflies. The seeds itself can be quite stinky coz I remember playing with it as a stick only to find the stinky seeds when I happen to break it. But those seed pods will give rise to new set of beautiful yellow blossomed trees. When they bloom, it looks like a yellow bouquet.
Now, I wish my father didn't cut that tree down. I would have loved to grow old on a small house with a tree like that on the yard. That should be on my bucket list: a relatively spacious front yard with at least a golden shower tree, a Palawan cherry tree and maybe a fire tree as well. But of course, there should also be a small herb and vegetable garden. I do like flowers but with my practical-thinking mind, I can handle the flowers up on a tree than use up the land area beneath it which can be better planted with something edible.
I'm not that big on fruits but I'll be happy with a mango, chico, kalamansi, banana, and maybe some papaya. With these in mind, I initially thought that 500 sqm is enough but maybe 1000 sqm is needed to accommodate the fruit trees. And off I go to my dreamland again!
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