I love it when this particular hibiscus bush is blooming as I not only pass it on the way to the hammock but can view it from the hammock. My neighbor David can see it from his porch that is so high up that they can see over my wall. He asked for a cutting and so now has one of his own, which I, lowdown as i am, cannot see.
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Camarón Flor (Shrimp Flower). This is the first one I’ve ever been able to photograph well in 23 years. It is one I planted over Annie’s grave. I think it is thankful for the previous night’s rain.
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In Mexico, this is called an arete flower. In the States we called it a bleeding heart.
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I was down in the hammock to take this video of the newest hibiscus flowers when the sky opened up and we had a deluge of rain. I was totally soaked by the time I got up to the house. Here is a video of the rain glorious rain landing in the pool. It was also leaking into the house through my skylight..
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The day Annie died, Pasiano buried her in front of the peanut terrace wrapped up in her favorite rug with her pull toy and one of my shoes. I was working on a blog chronicling all the places she had carried my shoes to in the brief time she was with us. Seemed fitting for her to get to take one with her. The next day Pasiano and Yolanda and I walked up the dry river bed of the arroyo a block from my house and found these stones. On Wednesday I went flower shopping and arranged the flowers. On Friday, Pasiano planted them and yesterday and today I culled succulents from other plots to complete the planting. The peanut terrace behind her spot has room for two chairs and a small table. It is in the shade of the huge pistachio tree that I planted as a sapling 15 years ago or more. It is a good spot for us to come and visit her. It is the spot where I’d had Pasiano dig up a tree that was getting too big and growing up through the limbs of the pistachio. Although we planted it with grass, for some reason it never quite took hold, perhaps because the dogs loved to dig there. Zoe and Annie chose it as their favorite wrestling spot and would come up covered with dirt and leaves. It seemed just the right place. R.I.P. Annie.
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For Lens Artists Challenge: Behind
Backgrounds add so much to a photo, either by contrast or by adding to the story. Sometimes just by their very blankness, they emphasize the main object. A vivid color may make the foreground object stand out. A pale color may direct ones eye to the object or person being presented. The background may be an interesting pattern or something going on that builds the mood or plot of the photo. A friend says some of these photos do not belong. If you agree, let me know which ones. It is my feeling that each has an object or being in the foreground, some being farther in the foreground than others. And in all cases, I feel there is an aspect of the background that meets the before-mentioned criteria.
How are you, Cee? Are they ever going to cast that elbow? We’re going to keep sending flowers until they do. (And probably after, too.)
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lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 