sparkly trees.

i'm in idaho on vacation right now. i love vacationing in idaho because it is seriously the opposite of california. 
for instance..
there is a lot of space. it's crazy. you can't just touch your neighbor's house from your house.
everything is green. in california (at least where i am) there is some green, but it's mostly different shades of tan. houses are tan, sidewalks are light tan, other shopping complexes are darker tan. i love the planned, organization of it all. but it is so nice to see tan be not such a priority.
you get to say things like "i'm driving into town" and actually have to drive to get places.
there are horses in front yards. or pastures? whatever they are, there are horses in them. 
and one of my favorite things about idaho is that there are trees that aren't palm trees. actually, i don't think there even are palm trees here. but there are these other ones. i'm not sure what they're called. brittan probably knows. but when the wind blows, the leaves look like they're sparkling. it's so cool. i just sit and watch them, and since it's been super windy, it's worked well.


i'll post pictures of our adventure driving from irvine to caldwell later. and my sparkly trees. hopefully they sparkle through pictures.