It's far too easy to miss seeing what's right in front of me. I get in a rush and totally miss the beautiful stuff right here on my farm. So I decided to walk about and take a few pictures. I'm glad that I did because otherwise I would have missed seeing some of these gems.
This coleus came up all by itself right in the middle of one of my taro patches. Being that it was so colorful I couldn't bring myself to pull it out. Now it's a jumbo plant.
Don't ask me how it did it, but this wee impatiens sprouted out the side of the rockwall by the house. How cute!
My mini rose bush started pushing new foliage and flower buds. The new leaves are lovely by themselves, being reddish and pale green. I usually fail to notice them, but today the bush is covered with the new leaves, making it look like its in bloom with weird flowers. Pretty neat.
I should have posted this photo first because this is this morning's sunrise. Stepping out the front door, I saw that the sky was growing lighter. Looking up through the driveway trees, it looked quite nice so I ran to get the camera. A beautiful way to start the day, wouldn't you agree?
There are lots of various flowers blooming right now. Gingers, orchids, anthuriums, and these fellas that I don't know the name of.
Passing by a young avocado tree, I couldn't help but notice how nice the fresh new shoots look against the older leaves. Soft, colorful, and shiny. We don't get the colorful autumn leaves here, but the new foliage is frequently colorful. Guess that helps make up for our lack of fall colors.
Came upon another fungus on a log. This one is really showy. 
Although not as strikingly colorful as the orange fungus, this fungus is quite unusual, layer after layer of ripplely brown with white fringe. With all the weeks of rain, the fungi are in ecstasy. Lots of mushrooms coming up too. Every once in a while I have to remind myself to look....and really see....what's going on around me. Some of this stuff is really amazing.
The blooms you say you don't know the name of are called Parakeet Heliconias.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sonia. It's somehow nice knowing what the various flowers are called. My patch of these started from one plant I carefully tended. Now I've got bunches and love them.
DeleteIt is always good to, take the time to, stop and smell the “roses”, even when you live in Paradise !!!!
ReplyDeleteJumbo, you're ever so right. But sometimes I forget to take the time. It's too easy to slip back into old habits of not seeing. But after taking one of these walkabouts, I feel so good, so peaceful and happy.
DeleteLady Blue said via email, "I live in the city and it's not pretty. I long for the day I can move to the country."
ReplyDeleteAs a young child I was raised in a city, but my mother and grandmother opened my eyes to the beauty and wonder that could be found even there. Incredible mosses growing on bricks, flowering miniature plants coming up through the sidewalk cracks, the patterns created by shadows, the colors of the clouds during sunrises and sunsets. My mother kept a bird feeder and we often sat and watched the birds. We would walk to the park to see and feed the squirrels. There were lots if opportunity to marvel at things I saw, felt, smelled, heard. Personally I like the country better, but the city is not devoid of joyful things to experience. It's not just a matter if opening my eyes, but opening my heart and soul to the things around me.
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