Today's pretty picture is a Hibiscus bud just opening up, or untwisting as they do, to unfurl. When their lives are over, they also twist back up as they close. So delightful to watch the process but so sad knowing they are tropical annuals here and cannot live through the winter. A short lifecycle that must be captured, absorbed and cherished.
And below, here it is almost fully opened later in the afternoon sun. I love how the tissue of the petals' colors change with the sun's heat from golden to yellows and from redish watermelon to deep pinks.
All the best to you.
Summer
Photo: Swede
