Category Archives: flowers of Mexico

Blending in–Hibiscus: FOTD June 16, 2020

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I just noticed this cream-colored hibiscus with a red throat for the first time–two blooms in among a  bush with a profusion of bright coral blooms. It is on a good-sized bush that has woven itself into the fabric of the other even larger bush, so must have been there for a long time as I haven’t planted hibiscus along that wall for over ten years. Where has it been hiding all these years? Or is it I who have been hiding? This period of forced isolation has revealed some amazing secrets about my back garden and after all these years I am beginning to feel that instead of this house belonging to me that I belong to it.

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Bougainvillea: FOTD June 15, 2020

 

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Hibiscus: FOTD June 13, 2020

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Hibiscus: FOTD June 12, 2020

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Remember the flower that vanished a few weeks ago between the time I first saw it and two hours later when I returned with the camera? This is the newest flower on that bush. Finally, my patience has been rewarded, but not my curiosity over where it could have vanished to in a back yard behind locked gates with only me there! 

 

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Plumeria: June 10, 2020

 

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It’s a Jungle Out There! FOTD June 9, 2020


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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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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