I can’t believe how lush everything is right now, even before the rainy season. This is the view from my studio.
And here’s a closeup:
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It’s a Jungle Out There! FOTD June 9, 2020
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Tabachine with Butterfly: FOTD June 8, 2020
I sat for hours watching dozens of these black and orange/red butterflies flittering around the tabachine. They moved so fast that it was almost impossible to get a focused shot but the entire ballet was so beautiful. Then one large yellow butterfly dive-bombed the bush and then soared out over the empty lot next door and back again. I saw it several other times.. a nice interruption. I am loving spending lots of time in my studio or hammock watching the busy life of my backyard. Then came the invasion of cows, but that is a story for another blog.
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Hibiscus: June 7, 2020
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Bougainvillea: FOTD June 6, 2020
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Fresh Crop: Newest Hibiscus FOTD June 5, 2020
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This is another first blooming of my newest hibiscus–just a baby as you can see by its proximity to the ground. It is just as fertile as the others, as you can see by today’s bloom. I just can’t stop buying hibiscus. My only vice. (?)
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Indian Shot Lily: FOTD June 4, 2020
I decided I liked this plant with all its warts exposed. These ladies grow in profusion from large round black seeds hard enough to go through wood that were once used successfully as shot when troops ran out of ammunition. The next year the battlefield was covered in India Shot Lilies, thus giving them their name. What nature does with what we do to it…amazing. (Also called edible cannas.)
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Arete Flower (Fuchsia) FOTD June 3, 2020
This arete plant is holding on. It has been blooming for more than a month. Love it. You can increase the size of the photos by clicking on them.
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Potpourri: FOTD, June 2, 2020
This jungle forms a privacy wall between my neighbor and me. Good fences make good neighbors! We love conversing back and forth over this one. If I’m in my gazebo and they’re on their high balcony porch, we can see each other, but I can still skinny dip in perfect privacy.
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Hibiscus: FOTD, June 1, 2020
This is one of the oldest hibiscus bushes in my garden–probably about 18 or 19 years old. I don’t think it’s ever been without 3 or 4 blooms in that entire time. Thanks for your daily gift, old friend!
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Mother and Child? FOTD May 31, 2020
I’ve been getting a bloom a day on this new hibiscus. Today it looks like mother and child. Click on photos to enlarge views.
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