Mellow Yellow Monday and Ruby Tuesday

You can probably tell by the name of this blog that I collect bees - if not, read my very first post and you'll know all about it.  Sometimes our collections can get a bit out of hand - I recently disposed of several hundred pigs, quite a few carousel horses, some miniature tea sets, and all the Christmas stuff that was in my Winter bedroom.  The bees I am finding homes for outside.  This little fellow graces a low pot of assorted orchids, just to the left of the patio at the back door.  He's a little worse for wear, missing a wing, but he is SO cute!  Every time he catches my eye, I can't help but chuckle.  This shot could also be used for Ruby Tuesday, I see.  It is not unusual to find items with yellow and red together, mainly because yellow is my favorite color, and red is in the top five, and I find the combination of the two very intriguing.  I do have a separate shot for Ruby Tuesday.

This is called a Scarlet Hibiscus, but it differs from regular hibiscus in many ways, the most obvious being that this one grows in water.  Its pot sits in one of our bird baths.  The flowers are HUGE.  The leaves look like something illegal.  It goes dormant in winter although it must be kept in or near water, and then it reblooms in spring.  I planted some of the seeds from this one because I wasn't sure if it would make it through our harsh winter we had last year, and they also grew.  I gave away most of those seedlings.  I got this plant from the native plant nursery, which accounts for its success I guess.  It is breathtakingly beautiful IRL.

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Mellow Yellow Monday and Ruby Tuesday and a question

First the question - does anybody know why this happens?  I post for a meme, I go to that meme, I enter the information on Mr. Linky.  The next day I go to my blog and have very few comments and sometimes I realize I have forgotten to go to the meme, etc., but other times I KNOW I have.  I go to the meme again, and I'm not on the list.  Can I not see my own name on the list, although I saw it when I did it?  If anyone can explain, I'd sure like to know why - thanks!  And now for Mellow Yellow Monday and Ruby Tuesday, both of which you can join also by clicking the buttons on the right.  They are joined together this week because I came across TWO, not one, but TWO different plants that obliged me with both colors!

Sorry the first two pix are not more close up, but I took them from the passenger side of the car, across the car, across the street - the little camera did a nice job huh?  Enjoy your President's Day - those of you who have off from work today - hooray!!!  Peace.  B : )

Fertilizer Friday - Some things survived the freeze

Some things survived our recent prolonged freeze here in SW Florida.  I noticed that most of them were the native plants - another reason to go native in your gardens.  These are wild olives and I'm sure they made it so they could continue to feed the birds.

Looking at this, it occurs to me that they look very large, but they're really quite tiny.  See the "flora soup" picture below and you'll see them in the real scale of things:

See them?  That's them right in the middle.  Cute huh?  If you'd like to share your fabulous flora, or see some from other folks, please click on the Fertilizer button to the right.  Have a wonderful day.  Peace.  B : )