fan palm

to start the week, here are some palmate leaves versus the pinnate leaves of, say, the sumacs which should have attained their peak color and mostly fallen by now, in minnesota. it’s a very nerdy way of saying  i win and you lose. but i spent the afternoon playing “petanque” within sight of Le Canigou, the tallest of the french mediterranean peaks, and i know for a fact that there is snow on the ground, and ice on the lakes, back home in minnesota, and it is not often that i get to brag about the weather, and so i am going to brag while i have the chance.

fan palms in morning mist