see for yourself

sorry you had to tilt your head...

bougainvillias

view from my balcony!

many of them

It Could be a Cactus Too

They are singing from joy and moving their arms in unison.

I don't know what this is. Somewhere it is autumn.

The Lantanas of the Neighborhood

The first time I walked in the neighborhood I was in such awe of the many plants and flowers growing in people's front lawns that I decided to do it again with a camera. This wanting to share and knowing exactly which of my friends will like them while others will "amaa dzaghigi ngarner trer e" saying will laugh their ass off, does not permit me to feel alone. Thanks for the memories.

I had previously posted pictures of the Lantanas I found in New Milford, took home and nursed for a few months and lamented their absence the following year. Do not despair my friend. Here, I saw them for real in different colors. White, purple, red, orange and multicolored ones.

No, my life has not become all about flowers but they seem to be everywhere. Specially the cashier clerks. Besides the family I have set up shop with, they, the cashier clerks, the people behind the counters where I buy coffee, food, toileteries, cigarettes or incense, are also like flowers. They are very kind, smiling and willing to serve, something triggered by my change of attitude resulting from lessening my indiscrimate services to others. I think.

Lo and behold, my housemate found a job in a flower shop. Last Saturday night, I drove there and helped her voluntarily so that she can finish her work before midnight and we can go have fun with our mutual friend. And we did. I put close to 150 red stem roses each into its own cellophane rap, each unique in size, shape, amount of leaves on the stem and beauty.

No, there is no other way. Life is a flower.

Part VI - Oh, the arch!

Part V - Before Arizona

This is in Oklahoma at an Indian outpost. I couldn't see what I was recording from the sun's glare. Sorry for the quality but add the wind and you have a blind shoot.

Part IV - Random Pictures

The cross on the right is over ten times the size of the telephone poles on the left. This is somewhere in Texas. The biggest cross in the western hemisphere they claim.

The snowcap is in Flagstaff Arizona so are the other two pictures taken within a couple of hours apart.