So Many Dishes

I hadn’t planned to post anything today. It’s been a really busy day. I led a tour at Mounts Botanical Garden, where I volunteer. I hadn’t been in the garden for almost a month, so I walked through before the tour, to look for blooming plants that I could highlight to our guests. There were so many! I don’t take photos while I’m leading a tour, but I got plenty on the walkthrough, and I couldn’t wait to share some of them.

We discovered the pair of monarch butterflies in the butterfly garden who appeared to be mating. I’m afraid I startled them, but they flew only a few feet to another plant before settling down together again.

There was just so much color in the garden today!

The forest bell creeper is a beautiful vine that winds around an old tree and blooms at this time of year. There were some early blossoms open when I was in the garden last month, but there were more flowers today. You can see that bell is a very apt description of the flowers.

Somehow, though, I had never seen the yellow variety that was growing on a nearby jacaranda tree and was blooming even more prolifically. Unfortunately, my pictures of the jacaranda didn’t do justice to the beautiful purple blossoms, with the contrasting soft yellow of the creeper.

Every visit to the garden is different, and it’s always a delight. Today was extra special.