I've been longing to get out the house for weeks now. The sky looked perfect, fluffy clouds everywhere. It was a beautiful sunny day here after the incessant rain last week and I decided to go out for a walk. The lock down is slowly being lifted here. I hope they don't camp us down again.
I've been longing to see the Delonix regia (royal poinciana) in bloom since April this year. It is one of my favorite trees. This is a sightI look forward to in April every year. This beautiful tree is in bloom from April - July. Its a magnificent sight to watch this tree any time of the year. When not in bloom the tree has a canopy of fern like green leaves which look stunning. This sight was enough to make my day.
As I walked further I was reminiscing of the times we went to our Grandma's home for the summer holidays as kids. There you would find these trees everywhere. My cousins and I would pick bunches of these blooms and bring them home to grandma only to find them wilting before we reached home just minutes after cutting the branches. Grandma would still receive them happily as if we gave her the most expensive bouquet.
The first image is a close up of a bunch of delonix regia flowers. They look as lovely as orchids if not more (I am partial to these). Their colors usually red or orange with beautiful patterns in white, yellow and crimson on just one petal makes them look so exotic.
The bottle brush tree (Callistemon) is done blooming I guess. However, this one was pretty tall, taller than the wild almonds near by, so I couldn't get close ups of the flowers with my phone camera. These look so pretty with their weeping branches hanging down with pretty, red flowers, looking like bottle brushes at the ends.
Don't they look pretty together the bottle brush and the wild almonds. I stood there watching the blooms dancing in the wind. The light green leaves of the wild almond looked so pretty against the light.
This image was taken in the fields where I take my dogs to pee and poop. The place is overgrown with morning glories blooming everywhere. There were hundreds of tiny grasshoppers jumping as we took each step. My dogs were getting too excited with this activity.
Here is Black dog (a stray) which accompanies me and my dogs each time we step out of our home. She is a sweet thing who has now found a loving home , but is still very faithful to follow us around in our neighborhood. She almost died two years ago of some liver disease, we took care of her then.
The purple verbena that adorned the front of a my friend's home looked so lovely and I had to photograph it.
Bougainvilleas are always in bloom here making my walks colorful in every season. These plants tend to climb on other trees or fences near by, This one here is almost fifty feet tall. Hanging on to the branches of a Delonix regia.
Another view of the bougainvillea. I love the color, a lighter shade of pink than the ones we find here commonly. I collect the fallen dried blooms from under the tree for my compost bin as well.
More purple Bougainvilleas near home in the small park which is now closed due to the lock-down. Perhaps it will open tomorrow.
Just taking a walk put me in a happier mood today. What a feast for the eyes and what magic these scenes create in my mind. I felt so happy for having gotten out of the house for less than an hour.
All images used in this post are the sole property of @sofs-su
The colors are so beautiful let’s hope things keep improving there
Thanks for joining Wednesday Walk
My pleasure to have joined the Wednesday walk.Thank you @tattoodjay, that is my hope and prayer too, maybe not just mine but the prayers of 1.38 billion people.
-Hi Ma'am! How are you? I have missed your photos! As always all are so beautiful..so lovely..all in blooms..your place is so nice full of beauties..each flower have their own unique charm! Have a blessed day!❤🌷-
Hi, good to see you here, hope you're doing well.
-Hehehe I'm recovering from a car accident but getting better Ma'am! Hope you to always fine! Please take care always! Have a blessed day!❤🌷.-
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Oh dear, so sorry to hear that, hope it wasn't very serious. Sending prayers and good wishes for a quick recovery @aimharryianne . Take care.
Ma'am thank God I only got a minora injury at my left thigh and few bruises on my forehead but my car was wrecked..but God is always great hehe..blessed morning!🌷❤
Goad that the lockdown is slowly lifted and you could take the time out to take a little walk.
These are as amazing like all your other collections. I like the Delonix regia and bougainvillea flower most.
Ok no! Poor dog, I am glad she survived the liver disease and remained faithful in following you around.
Nice collection!
Oh yeah finally, I can at least drive around for a bit to pick up the everyday necessities.
Black dog is doing well with her new family.
Glad you like the delonix regia and the bougainvillea. Thanks for stopping by.
Wow! These are amazing views ma and I love how they are so cleared and I think it's time to publish them out for free to use images like unsplash and the rest 🤗
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Thank you @princessbusayo. I have quite a few nature pictures on Pixabay. You could check them out. The same user name.
Wow! That's good
I would check them out. Thank you
That was a fun walk. 💖 The Delonix Regia pictured in the third image is impressive. Then I saw Black Dog and I'm such a softy for dogs I couldn't skip out on you without typing the words you just read.
Thank you for stopping by with your kind words. Words always mean more than the vote itself and I appreciate the effort very much.Thank you @dandays. I am a softy for dogs as well. We kept Black dog at home for over a month when these good people decided to adopt her.
Ma'am your neat photographs and knowledge of plants has always intrigued me. Today you put both into display.
Such beautiful scenes. I'm glad you stepped out of the house. It isn't only beneficial to you but to us as well and to me specifically, my eyes has been given an awesome treat. Kudos.
#dreemer
Thanks for taking the time to stop by and comment.Thank you @mmykel, gardening has always been my passion. I am glad that you enjoy the images I bring.
You are welcome 👌💙
Good day my sweet sister! :)
This was GORGEOUS!!! Simply gorgeous. And you moved my heart with your nostalgia and your compassion towards stray dogs and the loving way you write!
now - you and I both have a love for the jacaranda - but the one that comes in second place to me??? bougainvillea! ohhhhhhhhhhh i want my house SURROUNDED by bougainvillea and jacarandas! hehehehehehe
in heaven - in heaven for sure! hehehee
that one tree at the top -with the flowers that wilted before you got to Grandma's house! hehehe that one looked like it had a lei all around it - my goodness - it was just full and brimming with color and life!
and you see all these flowers everyday??? hehehehe wow.... paradise :)
i loved this!
Good Morning to you, I guess you'll be reading this in the morning 😁
Thank you so much. Yes, we have Jacaranda trees further down the road but they bloom in Feb and hang around until mid April. They are the shadow of heaven.
We have the Java cassias which also bloom around a same time but a wee bit later and the Rosea Tabebuia all in shades of pink
In summer April to July we the sunny yellows and fiery reds in bloom and Bougainvilleas are all season flowers.
Yip paradise indeed, fills my hear with so much joy when I see them.
I bet heaven has better flowers and sight for us.. I don't think we can even begin to imagine that kind of splendor.
What a time it will be there!
Bougainvilleas are the easiest to grow, I am sure you can fill your forest with color. Here it grows so wild.
I love the trees around your home and the trees I saw on your Wednesday walk, they seem to point straight up to heaven.
Thanks for stopping by to admire the colors of my world @dreemsteem.
hehehehe I will wait until we move from central Cali - and decide on the new place where we will settle down - and THEN i'll have to come to you for all my tree advice...
what to plant and where and all that hehehehe
for now - I'll be content with all the green pines that surround me and enjoy simple lovely green!
(but in the next few years - i'm hoping for lots of color to adorn my life!) hehehehe
and yes - its the morning for me now - and night for you! so sweet dreems soon! and I hope you get some relief for your back!!!
Ooooh I do love Verbena and Bouganvillea
I love those colors too. Blue pink and purple are my top three favorite colors.
The Delonix Regalia is my favourite here. Its colour is magical. Then I also find the Bougainvilleas alluring, maybe it's cause I love the colour purple.
In all, they are beautiful nature photos, Sofs, well done!