Obelisco y Mas
In Mexico, the hibiscus flower is an obelisco. These two blooms were picked off the street in San Juan Cosala this morning as I came out of Cafe Saga after the girls’ dance class. I loved the rust-red color, which somehow I have been unable to duplicate in these photos. I’ve tried decreasing the light to duplicate the color so that is why the photos are a bit dark,but none are the correct color.
I carried the two flowers to my favorite local plant place and although they had a rather large plant that he said had this color blooms, it turns out that the blooms change color three times and are only this color for about a day, finally turning into yellow. The plant I bought has no blooms, but I bought it anyway. If it isn’t the plant I want, no doubt it will be beautiful anyway as I’ve never met an hibiscus that I didn’t love. I’ll show you the results!!!
For more flowers, look here: http://ceenphotography.com/2015/09/26/flower-of-the-day-september-26-2015-gitts-perfection-dahlia/
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
No matter what Robert Frost said, gold is NOT the hardest hue to hold. It’s red. Sometimes, you need a filter 🙂
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Oh damn. Technology. I just wing it. If the saturation dial can’t deal with it…It is what it is. Too bad I can’t go to it with a magic marker or paint brush! Actually, these are pretty colors, too. Did you see the millipede in the picture? It is real!!! My new mascota. It is six inches long!!!! (Pasiano found it in the pool. I often swim in the dark in the pool at night. Shudder. It’s gorgeous, though.)
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And I don’t kow the Robert Frost poem! I know I could Google it but I’m in confessional mode.
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It has gotten so Pasiano and Yolanda bring me any dead or live insect they find and we have a photo session. They think it is hilarious.
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Your photos are fun and you always have such interesting stories to tell too. 😀
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