A Spring Walk

We've had a bit of wet and dry today. This morning was fairly clear, then got gusty with big clouds. Then we had a few showers, then a downpour. Then the sun came out. Towards evening when we went for a walk, it was breezy, but sunny. You could look towards the north and see a bank of clouds, but there was nothing where we are.

The trees are really leafing out these days and we're seeing more and more things in bloom. We've seen lots of hibiscus --

This orange one has shades of yellow --

There's a bit of bougainvillaea blooming --

These yellow hibiscus have white and red throats --

How about this golfer?

Does this look like the rat from the movie?

This bottle bush plant is just beginning to bloom --

It looks like it will have lots of  "brushes"

The last one we saw was this double hibiscus --

The flowers are pretty, but I find myself missing all of the blooming cacti we've seen the last couple of years in Arizona...