A Broken Promise - 5 Days Ago I Said No More Flowers For A While
A Broken Promise - 5 Days Ago I Said No More Flowers For A While
Yesterday was a glorious sunny day, mid-70s F, and we took a long walk through the older gated community that is around the corner from where we live. The flowers were in full bloom, and it was impossible for me to resist the temptation to take more photos of the flora.
1. First we passed the Primary School next to our building, and the whole school was out skipping on ropes to music. The buildings on the right are part of the gated community I mentioned above.
2. There are shops in the buildings that face the street that we walk past to get to the gate. A new musical instrument store just opened up there and I saw this in the doorway.
3. The pink blossoms on the trees that were budding before are now in full bloom.
4. And an even closer look at them.
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7. Even the leaves become colourful, perhaps showing their joy for the Spring weather.
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9. Perhaps echoing the advice that Chauncy Gardner (Peter Sellers) gave to the POTUS in the movie "Being There", "When Spring comes, there will be new growth."
10. In China, most couples work, and the grandparents look after the pre-school toddlers.
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15. This older community has such mature and beautiful landscaping, including the Lotus ponds, and comfortable seating everywhere to sit and enjoy, that I must consider moving to it eventually, as it is still close to the elevated/subway, buses, new huge department store, restaurants and malls, college campuses and next to the main gate, variety stores, barbers/hairdressers, farmer's markets for fresh vegetables, fruits, fish, fowl and a good butcher. Across the road are at least 30 different restaurants.
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17. Looks like Autumn leaves, but it's Spring.
18. It can't be Spring without Forsythia.
19. The bushes are glorious, and flower for most of the summer.
20. And 2 doors away from the main gate, fowl and live fish are sold.
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Okay, okay, now that I've done the flowers of Spring, I'll wait until the Water Lilies and Lotus blossoms emerge.
Great photos and very colorful.
BTW, I see fowl but no fish...Oh no, don't tell me that you ate them.
Today is Thursday and it should be time for our Thursday/Friday Creative Art's article. Just saying.
The fish are in tanks behind the birds - and we got a big one for lunch, along with fruit, fresh eggs and veggies on our way back home that morning.
If A.Mac wants me to, I will post the Thursday/Friday article again.
I don't speak for Mac, but I think that he's fairly business right now. I believe that he would be most appreciative if you did post it for this week.
I will, within the next thirty minutes, post the Thursday/Friday feature and a note updating my personal situation.
It's now posted:
I love the #4. Do you know the name of that tree ?
#19 looks like Azaleas.
#4 May be CHERRY BLOSSOMS.
Not sure about that, cherry blossoms I've seen are simpler, fewer petals.
I don't know the name of the tree, but they're very common here, streets are lined with them, and you could see their profusion in the previous article about flowers that I posted. I believe the bush in # 19 is an Azalea bush.
I think that's a flowering crabapple. I could be wrong
LOL. Time will tell - I'll keep an eye out for crabapples forming.
There are a number of flowers known as "Math Flowers". Here are a few...
Aloe
Arizona Lily
Crussalas Buddha Plant
Dropho
Beautiful !
WOW!!! They're amazing. If it weren't for the red outcrops, the last one looks like a fiddlehead fern.
There are many others, and even some vegetables. Not only are they lovely, but, very different in composition.
Here is a Camelia
And a Fractal Cabbage
What a lovely treat everyone. It's like a visit to a local art museum! (but I don't have to get up).