Palm Circles

The Mister went up in a small plane last week and took some pictures for me. One that I had asked for was of the palm circle around the intersection of Higley and Elliot. The picture-poster software appears to be working this morning; I won't bore you with minute by minute updates on the software: when it works, I'll post pictures, when it doesn't, I won't.

The idea of circling palms around intersections actually started out as a continuation of a theme that lives on in the old homestead, where the Mister's parents live today. The lanes leading up to the house are lined with alternating palm trees and orange trees. So the idea was to wed the idea of palm/oranges and open space on the corners; the first place this would happen was the northeast corner, as Higley Groves East was being built. Unfortunately, the orange trees were transplants with problems, and they didn't survive. The palm trees did, though, and so the next corner was the northwest corner, around our office (which, back in the day, was the Mister's grandmother's house). There were already some palm trees there, amongst the other fully mature trees, so it was fairly simple to complete the half circle of palms. Obviously, the other two corners have followed suit in the last year as Lakeview Village and Higley Estates have been built.

Future intersections will also host a palm tree circle, or as much of a circle as is possible (it will have to be a three quarters circle at the corner of Elliot and Recker, since only three corners will be in Morrison Ranch). Somehow, it seems easier on the eye than any retail establishment, in spite of the fact that it goes against the typical idea of "commercial corners"; and it's a quite pleasant walk for a pedestrian, which is a high priority.