Nothing represents the tropics better than a
frangipani flower. Well, if said flower
was in a dreamy cocktail, on the beach with palm trees swaying; that would be
the icing on the cake. Beautiful fragrance
fills the air as you walk around. There
are so many colours now, it's not all about your standard white and
yellow. Legend of WWII when sailors left
Hawaii they threw their frangipani lei overboard as they sailed past Diamond
Head. If it floated to the shore they
would come back. Towards the ship meant
no return.
Today is one of those days, you either love
or you hate; Valentine’s Day. For other’s
it is a bit of a money spinner. Whatever
you think you can’t deny that love is a beautiful thing. When you are blessed with it, hold on to
it. If it hasn’t knocked on your door,
don’t be afraid to let a little out.
Yes, there is always that risk of being hurt, but love outweighs the
fear. You can say it with words,
flowers, or fruit; but hope you all get to share the love today and every other
day too. Xoxo :)
Red flaming torches are popping up in
gardens. Sunbirds are cruising in for
desert in the afternoons. Humans can
also eat them as well, as their ginger root cousins. One of the folklores, or myths about the
ginger root is they can give fiery protection and heats up love and money
spells. Maybe something to consider for
14th. :)
Keeping things red and in the theme of Chinese
New Year. With a sprinkle of rain the bottle
brush has come out to play again, in time for the celebrations. It’s a good thing it is a very hardy plant
because it pretty much looks after itself.
It’s official botanical name is Callistemon, derived from a Greek words
kallos and stemon meaning beauty and
stemen for its showy bits.
The tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie was on
the top of favourite story book list to read.
Taking you on a magical adventure in the imaginary world of the gumnut
babies. May Gibbs first book of the
babies was first published in 1918.
Amazing to think a beautiful story written nearly 100 years ago is still
on the book shelf. With the changing
world of ‘eBooks’’ I hope kids continue to enjoy this story for many more years
to come. Life is pretty boring if you don’t
let your imagination run away every now and again. :)
The deluge may continue to fall. Grey clouds hanging around dropping the fat
rain. You have to find some colour to
brighten the day up and give you nothing but smiles. Frangipani is one of my favourite tropical
flowers. Yellows, pinks, apricots, reds;
they have evolved over time in different colours. Whenever you smell one though it reminds me
of the beach, palm trees, cocktails and sunshine. If it is rainy, snowing, or cloudy hope this
brings some sunshine in your world.:)
With a ‘little’ bit of rain about; bottle
brush has started to fire, all over the tree.
Exploding from the buds, in a flame of red fire. The cover is slowly creeping over the
branches. Ready for when the rain has
finally gone away. The birds will come
and play. Although with the forecast to
date. I believe the wet season is about
to start in full swing with a vengeance.
