Palm Springs - Iraqi style

Palm Springs - Iraqi style, originally uploaded by SBM.

A short walk from the house in Kqin, there is an area dense with palm trees and other vegetation. Mainly it is divided up into date and citrus "farms," and a walk into the area would usually yield some good fruit. For Christmas this year we decided to take advantage of the lush vegetation to pick out this year's "Christmas Palm." We eventually found a much smaller version of the trees pictured above, but I'm not so convinced that when it's delivered today it's really going to fit in the living room.