Day 58 – 365 Days of Photography

2-27-2014

Today I drove into Port of Spain yet again.  However, instead of showing you any of the pictures I took there, I've decided to show you this shot.  I went into Port of Spain to meet with a friend who is here for the carnival.  With him, he brought a lens for me.  I was so anxious to try the lens out that I took this shot as soon as I got home, zooming into the neighbors backyard.   The ‘Exif’ says it all!

Another view of the neighbor’s hibiscus fluttering in the breeze.

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Day 34 – 365 Days of Photography

2-3-2014

Hibiscus is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae.  It is quite large, containing several hundred species that are native to warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world.  They are commonly known as hibiscus and less widely known as rose mallow.  The genus includes both annual and perennial herbaceous plants, as well as shrubs and small trees.  The generic name is derived from the Greek word which was the name Pedanius Dioscorides gave to Althaea officinalis.

At my childhood family home, my mother planted several of these shrubs along the fence, each flower was a different color, we had white, yellow, red, pink (various shades), blue, purple, and some variegated variations, .  My favorite of the batch was the blue hibiscus.  This flower captured is really off of my next door neighbor’s plant, but this one has shot up above the wall and leans over to my side.

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