Winter in Florida - Holiday - Garden

Today was an absolutely perfect day outside.

I wish our Florida summers were like this - 75-80 degrees and sunny blue skies.

Looking out the window this morning I spotted a beautiful, shell pink, ruffled Hibiscus flower.







Come along for a walk in my garden - 

 Jimbo is already out here hunting lizards.

First stop that gorgeous hibisbus - it looks so delicate.


Pretty ruffles....





Of course - now I have to remember to shake off any bugs, because the close up shots really do show it all .....

Isn't it lovely?



There is Jimbo - our resident garden cat -

doing what kitties do best -

sunning himself.




The bougainvillea is lovely this time of year.

I love the hot pink against the blue sky.

 


The little garden nymphe is enjoying her resting spot
amidst the green ferns under the old oak tree.






The impatients are still hanging in there - these decided to seed themselves in one of my orchid pots.




Here's our plain red hibiscus, but I've noticed it is becoming lighter in color and showing striations - some of the flowers even look like they are vanilla striped from the underside.
That's fine with me, I think they look pretty - whether they are a deep red or a light orange.






Almost translucent - like rice paper.

Jimbo decided to follow us around in the garden - he likes people company and he particularly likes a visit from his gather friends.:)





Thanks for coming along - until next time!

All images taken in my garden with an Olympus D-565UZ - copyright 2008 Rose H.