• Turnabout’s fair play. 😉

      Hey, are the pictures sized equally on your screen, or…? I posted them that way, but whenever I come back to LJ, they’re either shrunken or embiggened. Not all at the same time. Very Alice-in-Wonderlandish, I must say. =:0

  1. Your tree doesn’t look like it’s in the Malvaeceae family. The bark and look of the branches remind me of the tulip tree (Liriodendron) but that’s in the Magnolia family and the blossoms don’t match up! I found a little South African tree called a pom pom tree online but the leaves on that one are wrong. Alas that I have little experience in sub-tropical plants. The next time you’re at a nursery, have the pic up on your iPhone (if you have one) and show it to some of the nursery staff.

    I am vexed because something about the tree looks familiar and I’ll be blessed if I know what it is.

  2. I love all of the pics., but the last one really gets me. Oh, how I wish I could go to a nice warm beach for a walk. Guess I’ll go for a nice long walk to the library instead, because you’re right about looking for grace in every moment and breathing expansively in the now.

  3. I love the pirate ship! Did see it? She’d love it 🙂

    Are those little cottages bird houses? How wonderful! All the details! They’d make great doll’s houses.

    • LOL, I’m guessing you have equally beautiful (albeit very different) scenes/images that you could post. I’d love to take a walk with you…until that happens, I love seeing pictures of YOUR expeditions.

      Thanks so much for your kind words and well wishes. It’s a struggle, I won’t lie, but I’m feeling stronger every day. xoxo

  4. So you were right about it being a Malvacaea! I just looked at a close-up of the flowers and it’s obvious now. *grin*

    Glad you ran that by the nursery folks.

    I bet there is an app out there for leaf ID, though I have no idea — I mostly run on what I’ve learned in college and the field and supplement that with the Manual of Woody Landscape Plants and Shrubs by Michael Dirr (who is a freaking genius).

    yay!

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