My tree doesn’t have as many blooms as are usual this year, but the ones that are there are as beautiful as ever.
I love this photo of the bougainvillea spilling over my wall into my lower lot with Jose in the background, erecting a ladrillo border around the boulders spilling down from the corner of the lot. He is such a cheerful worker and we’ve found project after project for him to do over the past year.
For Cee’s FOTD
Old Wall, New Flower
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When we cut back the huge wall of greenery against the wall, it revealed the need for a new paint job, but our view of Mt. Garcia was restored. I had forgotten that I even had a view of it from the ground floor. This beautiful hibiscus then photobombed the view, but we don’t mind.
For Cee’s FOTD
I have been trying to photograph these Russelia plant blooms for twenty years now and I still haven’t been able to get a good shot. I don’t know why neither the focus or color ever come out good, no matter what time of the day I take them. I’m showing these photos mainly because I loved the O shaped dried vine that had caught in the plant. It just seemed to convey a message! I won’t label it as “The Story of O” as that isn’t quite the message I want to convey.
Russelia or Firecracker Plant
For Cee’s FOTD
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This hibiscus is one of the newest that I planted about a year ago. For some reason, it grew on a single stalk that grew so long that the flower is far over my head The first front-on photo I could take only by reaching up and bending the stalk over so I could photograph it. That’s my arm you see down below that looks like a stalk. For the others, I had to hold the camera over my head.
See Cee’s idyllic shot of lupines HERE.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 