Finally, A PORTFOLIO Photo Book
Just living is not enough . . .
“Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.”
~Hans Christian Andersen
From a walk in my garden with a cellphone! 🙂
I’m reading a book of all of Hans Christian Andersen’s stories now and liked this statement of his! Bougainvillea is not necessarily my favorite flower but they are at their peak of blooming right now and do add a lot of bright spots in our environment here! Everywhere! These are mine in a big pot outside on my terrace by the driveway between my Desert Rose and a potted Bamboo Palm. This is living! 🙂
¡Pura Vida!
See also My Gallery: Flora & Forest of CR
Overachiever Flower?
This one Red Ginger plant has created 6 blooms all together at the top. Not normal! Especially that bulging over-sized bloom! But an interesting phenomenon! 🙂
My Flora & Forest Galleries
¡Pura Vida!
Triquitraque
It’s blooming now! Just not as much of it as some past years. Maybe it is because I haven’t been fertilizing? Or enough water? But anyway it is still a beautiful flower for January & February as a vine on top of my back wall. Here’s 3 shots I made on New Year Day! And here’s a shot of it when it was thicker in another year.
I Moved Christmas to the Garden
Before I left on my Christmas trip to Uvita, I planted this year’s Poinsettia in my garden to possibly give it a longer life outdoors! As a specially created with light/darkness houseplant it will not continue to grow in the garden but is a nice temporary addition of color! Just one more joy of living in the tropics! 🙂
My Flora & Forest Galleries
¡Pura Vida!
Flowers to Brighten the Day!
I have a whole gallery of flowers from the Cristal Ballena trip but here’s just five favorites to help brighten your day! 🙂
Uvita Trip Gallery Completed
Click the above gallery image or:
https://charliedoggett.smugmug.com/TRIPS/2021-December-21-26-Cristal-Ballena-Uvita
Happy New Year!
¡Pura Vida!
A Bird, A Bug & A Bouquet
Well, we had a real sunset tonight, so that will be a separate post a little later. Here’s the representatives of daytime today . . .
Later tonight I will have some sunset photos to share.
¡Pura Vida!
Bye to My Garden for a Few Days
The Yellow Bells have started blooming and maybe the Triquitraque will be when I return with two little blooms already. My stone indigenous guard will watch over all while I’m gone! 🙂 It is always a pleasure to return to my own garden, a different pleasure than the adventure of travel. I love both!
African Tulip Tree
There are several African Tulip Trees (Wikipedia Link) in Roca Verde which I have highlighted before with their bright orange flowers, but the one on the hill above me is such a bright spot, it is hard to not keep featuring it! 🙂 Another sign that summer is beginning.