Here’s a closeup view of the wonderful flowers of the Silk Floss Tree. It is ceiba speciosa- such an interesting tree that I’m going to do another posting on it, showing its trunk and large seed pods as well.)
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And, the tree itself.
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/08/19/flower-of-the-day-august-19-2015-bearded-iris/
Orange Thunbergia: Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Hard to believe that yes, this, too, is a thunbergia! I bought this plant years ago and had Pasiano plant it, but it was invisible–obscured by bougainvillea and ferns. I thought it had died out long ago, then yesterday I saw it rising up from the thick undergrowth and twining up this wire at the entrance to my house. Perfect!
Now, go HERE for Cee’s perfect detail of an iris and flowers by others!
Crowded Secret
This secret
shared with only you
has become crowded.
Like a party with too many guests,
it spills up the staircase
and into private rooms.
This secret with only room for two
has nudged you out of my confidence
as this one and this one and this one
crowd in to offer advice
just as though
they had been invited.
This prompt “”Crowded Secret” was generated by a new prompt site. Go HERE to use it.
Today’s WordPress prompt may be found HERE.
Jade Plant
This was my friend Chuy’s plant and every time I look at it, I think of him. He used to take my friend Betty and me out into the small villages to see precolumbian artifacts and ruins. 
I love the buds as much as the flowers–the shading and the tight little promise of delicate white flowers to come.
They are like presents that open themselves. Every day a new collection of perfect blooms.
Impossible to choose a favorite shot, so I’ll be as profuse as the plant and just include them all!
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/08/13/flower-of-the-day-august-13-2015-hydrangea-bush/
How can you know I’m not cheating? In black and white, lots of colors pass for grey!!!
See? She’s really grey! Squeak/nee Birdie/nee Annie no longer comes onto the property now that a second and third dog have been added. She is faithful to this wall. Especially at mealtime. I don’t know where she sleeps. Not in her bed in the nice warm cat carrier in the garage anymore. She is semi-wild.
Storms dumped tons of rocks onto the beach in La Manzanilla last year. Made for a lot of gray!
This gray heron is almost invisible against banks of grey stones.
Six inches of sand and dirt completely obscured the paving stones on main street so first timers were mislead into thinking there was no paving at all. Men worked for weeks to shovel out the packed sand and reveal the pavers underneath.
Still Don’t Know the Name of This Flower!
I am still trying to remember the name of this flower. I have a paler variety at home but these beauties are in bloom on the Lake Chapala Society grounds. I love the seed pods as well, so I’m showing one above. They burst open and spill out the black bee bee seeds, insuring a new generation of plants.
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/08/10/flower-of-the-day-august-10-2015-rose/
Night Fantasies and Other Reading Pleasures
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Bedtime Stories.” What was your favorite book as a child? Did it influence the person you are now?
For his entire life, my dad was the storyteller in the house, but at night time, it was my mom who climbed into bed with me and talked me to sleep. At first, she would make up the stories, perhaps fitting me into them, or weaving fantastic tales of everyday life that grew as I asked question after question. (Present day bloggers may notice this same tendency in my comments! Sound familiar, “Relax”?)
One story would end, and of course, I demanded another. Finally, she found a book of one-page stories to read to me, and when she got to the end of the first page, most nights she could be prevailed upon to read one or two more. To this day, I usually listen to a recorded book from Audible as I fall asleep. As I’ve noted before, sometimes I wake up in the morning with the book still running and I wonder how it affects my dreams.
What a relief to learn to read in the first grade, so I could experience a new story whenever I wished. From Dick and Jane to The Little Red Hen, I loved those simple plots that somehow grew so involved in my imagination.
Many of my favorite childhood books were lost in a tornado, but a few years ago, I found a number of others in my older sister’s library. “A Walk in the City,” several Dr. Seuss books and my favorite of all times, “The Teenie Weenies” now reside on my own bookshelves.
It was in second or third grade that I became addicted to Nancy Drew. Go HERE for that story.
Plumeria (Frangipani)
You have never seen clover in this detail! Have a look at further flower pix: http://ceenphotography.com/2015/08/03/flower-of-the-day-august-3-2015-clover/
Thunbergia Grandiflora–Blue flowers to go with last night’s blue moon!
To see Cee’s dahlia and other blooms go here:
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/07/31/flower-of-the-day-july-31-2015-dahlia/
The most humid place I’ve ever been is Bali, but the Amazon rainforest came in a close second. Whereas in Bali, our clothing consisted of sarongs and nothing else, fear of mosquitoes and malaria in Peru meant we needed to be fully covered at all times. This made for sticky times but all that humidity made for gorgeous skies. Here are some of them:
http://jennifernicholewells.com/2015/07/28/one-word-photo-challenge-humid/
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
