Purple Trees and Pink Paddle Boards

Australia has purple trees!  They're so beautiful!  I've never been in Australia in Spring before, and it is completely unreal.  Everywhere you look the trees and flowers are pastel colored, and the air smells of gardenia's and honey suckle.  My favorite, the purple tree, aka the jacaranda, sprouts purple flowers in the spring.   Glen and I parked under a jacaranda tree yesterday and I was thrilled when we walked out to see our white car covered in purple flowers this morning.  (A less thrilled Glen purposely didn't park there tonight, because the car was "stained and sticky" from the night before).  

We also took our new paddle boards out this morning.  Last Friday, we bought them at a shop at a place called Narrabeen Lake.  We tried two boards out, a 10'6 board and a 9'6 board.  We both preferred the 10'6 board, so we asked if they had another 10'6 for sale and the sales guy ...Matt...or Nat (I still have trouble understanding people) said  "yes, but it's bright pink."  Glen asked if I'd use the pink one if we bought it. I rolled my eyes and mumbled "sure."  But I'm going to tell you a secret....I love it!  The 9 year old girl in me, oh hell, the 38 year old woman in me loves my white paddle board with hot pink decals! Don't tell Glen though, he still thinks I'm a trooper for using the pink board.  

Anyway, we took the boards to Manly Dam today, a beautiful, peaceful place up in the trees.  We used to paddle a lot in Summer in Colorado, so it was exciting thinking that we'll be able to use the boards year round here.  Paddling made me feel like my old, Colorado self.  

Not to say that I feel like I've changed, but life has changed.  Now, everywhere we go is a place I've never been and everything we do is something I've never done.  I love it.  At the same time, it was fun to enjoy one of my old favorite activities, paddle boarding,....in a new place, of course!