I'm Back!

Hi Everyone,
In case any of you have been wondering why I haven't posted in more than two months, I have no specific excuse...just been really busy with other things. I do not consider myself a writer in any way. I feel I can say all I'd like to say with my images. I hope you get my message.

Summer has begun with marvelous weather here in Southern California. Flowers are everywhere and I've been photographing them with a passion. There are Bougainvillea everywhere in our yard and they make very convenient subject matter. Here are a few examples.

This is the Barbara Karst wariety but I prefer to call it Cherry Red. The flowers are
actually the tiny white blooms; the red surrounding them are called bracts.

I call this image Scarlet Hearts.

I love how these bracts catch the morning sunlight so beautifully.

My neighbors gate makes a heart shaped background for this San Diego
variety, so I call this image Hearts and Flowers.

Bougainvillea

Last Friday the gardener trimmed back the Bougainvillea on half of our backyard wall. Before he comes back next week I figured I'd better see if I can get some more photos before the color is all gone until next Spring. I like this one the best because of the little visitor.

View From my Kitchen Window

It is the last half of October and here in Huntington Beach there is NO fall color. Even the non native liquid amber trees haven't started to turn. Ah, but look what I do get to see from the window over my kitchen sink. One can never have too much bougainvilla in these parts.