First, a photographic meditation/appreciation of the environment here in my Florida yard. This time I’ll focus on flowers, but there is so much more greenery for another time. Most of these images were taken on a single day in late January—these were what was in bloom somewhere on my “estate.” I've also planted a number of other plants that have yet to flower, but these were all here for me already. It’s quite awesome to really take in how much life and energy is happening at any one moment. Check out the captions --sometimes there are comments.
The first, larger image was one of the revelations of the month. I have lived with snake plants for decades, but had never seen these exuberant blooms. When many were blooming at once (and briefly, just for a few days) it felt quite astounding. the plant is also called mother-in-law's tongue, which probably refers to the blade-like leaf, but if the tongues are the flowers, the message is sweet. Since I am a mother-in-law, I vote for the blooms.
The first, larger image was one of the revelations of the month. I have lived with snake plants for decades, but had never seen these exuberant blooms. When many were blooming at once (and briefly, just for a few days) it felt quite astounding. the plant is also called mother-in-law's tongue, which probably refers to the blade-like leaf, but if the tongues are the flowers, the message is sweet. Since I am a mother-in-law, I vote for the blooms.
My birthday at the end of January was blessed with a powerful event in the skies. It was a supermoon, blue moon, and then early the next morning (or the same night in my experience), a lunar eclipse. I took a sunset walk along the (Gulf of Mexico) beach, as I often do, and the heavens were blessing (that is a line from a Shaker hymn I have long held dear). The sunset was stunning, and I turned around to see the supermoon rising. The pictures don't do justice to the moon, given the light and the lenses, but it gives a feeling.
I returned to the beach for the eclipse. What was exciting was that the parking lot was surprisingly full--many others had the same instinct (we were all drawn, almost magnetically, to the unobstructed view over the Gulf). When I arrived it was still dark enough for the full moon to reflect in the water, although the sun was rising and that soon faded. The eclipse began and the excitement was palpable; all those bundled-up people (it was less than 50 degrees) facing westward, migrating closer and closer to the water as if they could be closer to the moon. Unfortunately, in this time zone the moon set before the moon was even fully covered or the eclipse was complete, so we never got to see the whole thing or the blood red effect. But this was quite a birthday gift!
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