Day 226: Mexican Bird of Paradise
This plant makes me smile. We had planted a few of these a few years back and due to where we planted them, the weather, not getting enough water, etc, etc, they died. Or so we thought. This Spring, we noticed one coming up along the road where we’d planted one of them way back when. No idea why it decided to come back all of a sudden, but it did and it bloomed. And those blooms definitely make me smile.
Taken August 13, 2008.

August 13th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Pretty!
August 14th, 2008 at 7:21 am
oh now, that is something indeed!
for just a moment it makes me want to trade in my lovely, cool country to live in the heat.
gorgeous shot!!!!
August 14th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Very pretty colors and I love the background. Good use of depth of field.