Flowers

Here is a picture of our DD and some flowers at Jardim Botanico that I took on Labor Day (which is in May for most of the world, not September - extra holiday for us, yay!).

There is something about more temperate climates than MN that I just love. It is more colorful. In MN, there are about 4 months where there are flowers in bloom. Fall is absolutely lovely, with the change from greens to oranges and reds on the leaves. And yes, I do also see beauty in snow (that first hour before the auto exhaust hits it all and it turns black). An ice storm is a lovely thing to behold if the next morning is sunny. But the window for each event is so short, and they can be few and far between, leaving you in a grey, dismal world for long stretches of time. But in VA, the cold season was shorter, and there were bushes brilliant with colorful flowers I had never seen before that would never have survived a MN winter. Here in Brasilia, there are always new varieties of bushes and trees flowering, year around. This picture is just one small example. And look how it sports not only one, but two different colors on the same bush. Next time, I need to discuss birds. Or bugs. The colors here are really amazing, guys.