These three tiny pumpkins are growing on our vine in the California garden. They aren’t going to grow to be the huge pumpkins that you see around this time of the year, but rather into some of the small ones often used for table decorations and such. Click on the image to enlarge.
We drove from Arizona to our California house today. I went out on the patio to find that the plumerias, the Kaffir lily, the Devil’s Tongue barrel cactus and an opuntia vulgaris cactus in bloom. The spikes on the cactus might be threatening, but there’s nothing ‘vulgaris’ about the flower. Click on the image to enlarge.
We visited an outdoor garden shop to start getting ideas about what grows well here and to generally plan for our landscaping. This pansy was on display on one of the tables. I’m glad that many non-desert native flowers seem to do well here. Click on the image to enlarge.
About a week ago, I posted a photo of a Santana Hibiscus Flower. Today, this Cherie Hibiscus Flower opened up on the patio. Click on the image to enlarge.
We said goodbye to my favorite flowers, the Pride of Barbados a.k.a. Red Bird of Paradise last night. We stopped at the Arizona border last night to rest before driving home today after a very productive visit to our new home.
This picture was snapped just as the sun set in the west at Ehrenberg, AZ. By the time we return to Arizona, these flowers will be gone until next spring when they will again be as beautiful. The next pictures I post of these beautiful flowers, I hope, will be taken in my new rock garden at our new Arizona house. Click on the image to enlarge.
We had a little shower this morning which left the flowers with little raindrops on them. I went out to the patio and captured this image of a Santana hibiscus flower, the first one of the year. Click on the image to enlarge.
What a beautiful fall day here in Southern California! We have waited all summer for the weather to be as agreeable as it is in our new Arizona home. It was sunny and warm, about 88° on our patio. I took this photo of Cabela relaxing on the patio swing with “Daddy.” Click on the image to enlarge.
