a garden update
unlike a lot of you in colder places, autumn here in miami is not quite as noticeable
it doesn’t necessarily get way cooler, leaves don’t really turn…
but there are certain fall things that one can’t miss
like the days getting shorter and the light changing
although it is officially fall, everything in our yard is still going like it always has
when something dies, a new one just takes its place
i guess that is the good thing about living in a tropical place
there is always sunshine. and rain
everything is always growing
joining Annie for how does your garden grow?
when we first moved to this house just a little over a month ago, we replanted this huge hibiscus tree from its big pot into the ground. i didn’t think it would make it. soon after we replanted it, a lot of leaves fell off and it looked like it was not going to survive. i am happy to say there is so much new life growing on it
the oregano we replanted is doing great and Lily’s beans would be doing better if that little rascal Foxy didn’t keep munching on them like a snack
the roses keep taking turns
and so do the ginger flowers
the cocktail tree is doing great and i see someone thinks so as well
the hibiscus bush we brought from the yellow house had not blossomed in over a month. i was missing its beautiful flowers. and then one morning, there it was
you see those green seed like things? they drive me crazy because they fall and then this happens:
Foxy will not learn his lesson. he likes eating them, and then he comes inside and vomits all over my rugs. bad dog!
we moved this potted tree when we moved here and it is finally blooming. its small white flowers smell a bit like gardenias but it is not a gardenia tree. anyone recognize it?
and lots of new green life. overload? maybe. but that’s how our garden grows
mirari
October 24, 2013 @ 12:26 pm
nature’s so beautifful… great photos, claudia!
Claudia
October 24, 2013 @ 1:18 pm
@Mirari,
nature is beautiful. thank you Mirari.
Katie
October 24, 2013 @ 3:29 pm
I love Hibiscus! And I hear you with those seeds. I thought that they looked really nice against the bricks, but then the dog thing… we have one of those kinds of dogs too. Luckily, apples haven’t seem to have ill effects on her and she mostly uses them in the place of her balls that she is always misplaces.
Claudia
October 24, 2013 @ 3:37 pm
@Katie,
silly dogs…. i am loving the hibiscus. we bought a few more last weekend. hibiscus post to come 🙂
Sara (@mumturnedmom)
October 24, 2013 @ 4:31 pm
I love reading your posts and getting a blast of tropical sunshine into my day 🙂 I adore the photos of the green leaves against the sunshine, they are luminous!
Claudia
October 24, 2013 @ 4:37 pm
@Sara,
thank you Sara. glad i can always provide a bit of sunshine for you. even though today is quite the gloomy day. and i am loving it!! 🙂
Mammasaurus
October 24, 2013 @ 6:13 pm
Glorious photos, I love dipping into your life, it’s so full of colour!
Loving the bamboo / reed screen background too making a return. Gorgeous hibiscus – such happy sunshine filled photos.Naughty Foxy Brown though!!!
Thanks ever so much for joining in again x
Claudia
October 25, 2013 @ 12:33 pm
@Annie,
thank you Annie. have a wonderful weekend! xo
Charly Dove
October 24, 2013 @ 7:31 pm
Ooh I’m loving the ginger flower and the Hibiscus. All your photos are just wonderful though and so full of colour. I definitely went on a colour hunt this week, I was missing it! Hope you’re good 🙂
Claudia
October 25, 2013 @ 12:33 pm
@Charly,
thank you Charly. thankfully around here we are always surrounded by color. have a great weekend!
Nichola Fabfortymum
October 31, 2013 @ 12:22 am
ooh Claudia, how beautiful it is to see some summery pictures. I adore your Hibiscus, it is definitely on my plant wanted list – along with limes 🙂
Claudia
October 31, 2013 @ 12:35 am
@Nichola,
i have finally figured out that the hibiscus is the flower to have down here. so, i bought a few more. future post to come. not tomorrow though 😉