My plumeria tree has plenty of buds and a few blossoms but weird fruit! My aim was a bit off while throwing the ball for Morrie from the pool. This time, I fetched.
For Cee’s Gorgeous and unique Amaryllis, go HERE.
Looks like this copa de oro (cup of gold) couple has abundant progeny to come.
Squash Blossom
Hard to herd and hard to wrangle,
growing in a clustered tangle
here beside my kitchen stoop,
good as fritters or in soup.
Squash blooms don’t merely do their duty
as a thing of sun-filled beauty.
Their life as flowers fades in haste.
Best to enjoy them as a taste!
(Or, if at growing things you’re feckless,
just enjoy them as a necklace!)
Lone Mountain Squash Blossom necklace. Image “borrowed” from internet.
This heliconia, a bit past its prime, is bursting with seeds, ready to reproduce itself.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 