Graffiti Tree

Graffiti Tree, Waikiki Shopping Plaza, Honolulu, Hawaii. Old, old banyan with generations of graffiti from tourists around the world. It may not look all that attractive but this tree is probably over 60 years old and probably pre-dates the shopping plaza itself. Some of those love notes have been on there for a long, long time. It's kind of romantic in a odd sort of way. So, Danny and Kara, Noelle and Luke, Mike and Sally: we hope you're still out there and still happily and passionately together.

Love is a Tree

Treeffiti, San Diego Bay, California. Some people will put their names anywhere! These are on a middle aged banyan along the bay. While I don't necessarily condone carving your name on a tree, there is a part of me that wonders who these people were/are, how long ago they carved their names on the tree and what where they doing at the time. Friends on a lark? Lovers on a stroll? How old are they now? Are they happy? Are they still friends? Maybe the next thing to tatooing your lovers name on your arm?

Meanwhile, classes are over for the semester and finals are coming all too soon. Wish me luck!