Boredom, Blossoms & Buffalo

My baby girl is away for 10 days.  I miss her so much.  She is having a ball with her cousin Madeline out in Abingdon, Virginia.  I don't know what I'm gonna do with myself.  The dog is getting lots and lots of extra attention.  I'm also spending a lot of time with my camera.

Ascocenda Su-Fun 'Beauty'.  My brother-in-law took this shot.  Looks like afternoon sun, right?  It was almost dark when he took it.  Yes, it's lit with a flash.  He is that good.

 

My yellow hibiscus.  The blossoms are the size of salad plates. 

My Phragmepedium 'Red Sky'.  While I was taking this, a hummingbird tried to feed on the flower.  I wish I hadn't frozen and thought to take the shot.  I was so afraid to scare him off that I couldn't move. 

 

Yes, people, there are buffalo in Virginia.  There is a farm near here that has eight of them.  I think at one point they were going to try to raise beefalo.  That didn't work out, so now the buffalo just hang out.    

 

 

Comments

[Nicole P.]

Love the yellow hibiscus! My mom has two hibiscus (one yellow and one red). They are her arch-nemesis (nemeses?). The red one is named Audrey from Little Shop of Horrors and the yellow one is Bellatrix from Harry Potter.

I really had no chance at being normal.

Is the Phragmepedium planted in your yard or is it potted?

[Leslie]

Thanks! The phrag is potted and normally resides in the greenhouse. (I never had a chance either.)

[alyndabear]

Wow, that's HUGE. What a gorgeous flower, I'm loving the Hibiscus!