Date orchard That's My World for Tuesday, February 3, 2009

My world, the southern California deserts, consists of many date orchards. Of course, there are fewer now than 30 years ago, but at the lower end of the Coachella Valley, you can still find them. This one is out in Thermal. Every morning I used to pick up a fellow teacher a few years ago and we would carpool to school and pass many fields and date groves. Unfortunately, many of the groves which were close to La Quinta are now housing developments and the farmers have had to relocate further down the valley, toward the Salton Sea. A date palm nursery was just down the street, so I stopped and took a couple of photos there, too. It was pretty with the afternoon light shining down through the trees. For more glimpses into different worlds, please visit: http://showyourworld.blogspot.com/