Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Posts Tagged ‘Tulipan’

View from el sur…

Posted in Casita Colibrí, Gardens, Travel & Tourism, tagged , , , , , , on October 16, 2013| 6 Comments »

On the one hand, headline from today’s New York Times, Viewing U.S in Fear and Dismay.  On the other hand, the view from my balcony.

Red African tulip tree blossom against clear sky.

One of the last African tulip tree blossoms of the season.  Ahhh…

Read Full Post »

Countdown to colibríes

Posted in Gardens, Nature & Science, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 15, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Just before this afternoon’s rains came, Casita Colibrí’s first African tulip tree blossom of the season.Orange red African tulip tree blossom .

And that means, colibríes (hummingbirds) won’t be far behind!

Read Full Post »

Flame trees of Casita Colibrí

Posted in Gardens, Nature & Science, tagged , , , , , , , on July 10, 2011| 3 Comments »

Way back in the very early 1980s, I was captivated by the PBS series, The Flame Trees of Thika, based on the Elspeth Huxley memoir, by the same name, about her early years in Kenya.

African Tulip tree reddish orange blossoms

We had a black and white TV back then and so, if they even showed the “Flame Trees,” they never “registered.

African Tulip tree reddish orange blossoms

However, here I am in Oaxaca, Mexico and I’ve got two African Tulip Trees (aka, Flame of the Forest) hovering over my terrace, bursting with color, providing a modicum of shade, feeding the hummingbirds, and adding to the enchantment of Casita Colibrí.

African Tulip tree reddish orange blossoms

There was something about the sky, the light, and the trees this morning…

Read Full Post »