I have a small collection of plant images from around the Estates, so we’re finally getting to those now, before we have more critters.
I mentioned previously about the new hibiscus (Malvaceae) plant, and so we’ll concentrate on the part that everyone thinks about when they think ‘hibiscus,’ except for Hawai’i and hula dancers and all that stuff.
These
For reasons unknown, I keep going throughout the weekdays without really feeling like posting, even when (as now) I have a selection of photos to put up, as well as a couple of other topics that I could tackle. Instead, I let myself get involved in other projects, which is fine, they need doin’, but makes the posts rather sporadic and clustered.
So let’s see what the Estates anoles are
Today’s photo was taken during the New York trip, and was chosen to reflect the holiday yesterday – can you relate? There are at least five different insects working this hibiscus bloom over, though some of them may only be in it for the nectar. The
A twofer today, in more ways than one. While looking through the image folders to see what was going to qualify, I couldn’t fully decide, so I settled for two to feature for October.
Actually, I lie – I settled for three. But the other will come later, partially in recognition of this momentous holiday, and partially just to space it out. So one more will be
These hibiscus flowers were photographed during the trip to Sylvan Heights Bird Park that I talk about here, and were part of the selection of images that I’d prepared for that post – which probably should’ve taken place in August, but didn’t. When the end of the year was rolling around,
