Spring is Coming?

We did see some evidence that Spring is coming during our rambles through the Water Park in that there were a few flowers blooming. I'm not sure that I should count this Bottle Bush as one of them as I have seen an occasional plant in bloom all winter --

I do not know what this delicate little flower is --

Its blooms are petite and hard to spot in this type of sprawling shrub...

We spotted several of these Desert Globe Mallow just beginning to bloom. There will be lots of them in just a little well as we saw many bud-loaded plants along the trail.

This Jojoba Bush is one of the few shrubs in that park that is actually labelled --

Again, very petite little flowers. It may be that Mother Nature prefers to tiptoe into the blooming season...

Our friend Juni couldn't quite believe that we had never been to a Buffalo Hot Wings, so we made arrangements to go out this evening and remedy that. We had a good meal (though ours had the "mild" sauce) and even better fellowship. Afterwards, we sent back to their RV so that we could get a doggy fix with Tika, Izzie and Cassie.

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...

A Catchup Day

After a couple of days sleeping and fighting off a not-so-nice head cold, I was feeling much better today. I felt good enough to start doing some of the neglected chores around the RV. I actually did not get much more done then several loads of laundry --

Even in Florida with its temperate climate, it is beginning to look like spring --

The first time I saw Amaryllis growing in the ground and blooming as if they were tulips or daffodils, I wasn't sure they were real. I had never seen them except as a bulb in a pot at Christmas time.

It's been quite warm here the last couple of weeks with temperatures in the high eighties. We had a few rain showers this afternoon that didn't do much to lower the temperature. It's still 75 degrees outside at 9:30 at night...