Today, after taking my Mom to run some errands around Ensenada, we stopped to visit her favorite tree.
This evergreen oak, is my Mom's old childhood friend. We estimate it must be around 100 plus years old, since my Mom is 81 and the tree was already fully grown by the time she was a toddler.
It seats on a river's edge, which now happens to run in the middle of the city but, back in the day, it stood on the edge of town. In a ranch that was part of the city's old Italian settlement, of which my Grandparents where the center. They hosted the whole colony at their home, almost everyday for lunch and then gathered there on weekends for communal fun. The fun included singing, cookouts and wine making. The tree was the stage of many childhood adventures and teenage romances for my Mom, her siblings and many childhood friends. We were happy it is still standing. Still evergreen, as if protected by the magical energy produced by all the joy it once gave others. #avenidamiramaryambar
