Red bougainvilleas

Oh wow!!:>)

When I see these houses with such beautiful flowers... it gives me a strong desire to live in a house... :o)

Yes indeed.....wow!!!!!!!!

Aleyna:

Very beautiful Bougainvillea!

I love them...they bloom here all year. : > )

Andy,
Im glad you liked it... next week I'll be back with a few more samples of bougainvilleas :)

Aleyna:

It is amazing they bloom so well there...because
it seems you receive a lot of rain there. Bougainvillea
usually blooms better in very dry conditions.

Andy,
Actually it's been an unusual spring here, with more rain we have had in 50 years... and even then the bougainvilleas are amazing... blooming away.

Aleyna:

That is pretty amazing!

You need to send some of your
excess rain here to San Diego, CA. LOL!

We are still in a horrible, horrible
drought...and on even stricter water
rationing then during this past summer. : > (

Sorry to hear Andy :o(
The nature is rebealing itself against our nonsensitve atitudes,
puting down forrests and spreading all these poluents.
California is always in danger when is drought... the worst fires hapenned during dry seasons...

Aleyna:

Thanks!

Unfortunately, our climate is considered semi-arid
subtropical or warm Mediterranean...so droughts
are very common here. We have been in a drought for
about 7 years now. Since it's an El Niño year we're
hoping to receive a lot of rain...however, it's
starting out very dry so far this season.

Hi Andy,
We had another strong and scaring storm today.
Huge trees felt down to the ground pulling the eletrical web...we lost power for a few hours.
I was in a seminar for course coordinators and the speecher went "speechless", poor man...
Actually, although the major part of the gentleman present were making jokes about it, I could feel the aprehension among the presents... the winds were strong, shaking the trees, lots of heavy rain.
When I came back home, the fireworkers were cleaning the falling trees in the road.
Somehow Mother Nature is shaking her finger on our faces... we need to do something.

Aleyna:

WOW!!! It seems you've had a very strong, dramatic
storm. Is it typical for this type of weather at this time
of year? Maybe it could be El Niño...because it affects
the climate all over the world.

I'm glad you drove home safe and sound!

I just read about the storm and the huge power outage
on the internet...it sounds incredible! Many millions of
people without power...how horrible!

Hi Andy,
Yeah, that one was very bad, but it hit the north, this last storm hit only the south and the power outage was not as big as that one you read about.
An image of the storm yesterday
http://www.estadao.com.br/fotos/tempestade_alma_Efe.jpg

Wow! That's incredible!

It is typical to receive such big storms this time of the year?

Not really... we know from the news today it were tornado winds... scary
we were supposed to be tornado free...
guess not

Aleyna:

It sounds quite exciting...however, pretty scary also.

I hope your weather improves...and you have some
nice sunny weather soon.

Thank you :o)

Thank you Avis :o)

Wonderful burst of color. I can understand the drive for a home garden for yourself. I will always remember wandering the jungle of the mexican yucatan and watching the tangles of bright bougainvillea trailing all through the trees. I didn't even know it was a vining plant and not the tree itself back then. This reminds me of that wonder.