Archive for the ‘Red Bird of Paradise’ Tag
Male Northern Cardinal In Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
Red Bird
Red bird came all winter
Firing up the landscape
As nothing else could.
Of course I love the sparrows,
Those dun-colored darlings,
So hungry and so many.
I am a God-fearing feeder of birds,
I know he has many children,
Not all of them bold in spirit.
Still, for whatever reason-
Perhaps because the winter is so long
And the sky so black-blue,
Or perhaps because the heart narrows
As often as it opens-
I am grateful
That red bird comes all winter
Firing up the landscape
As nothing else can do.
— Mary Oliver
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There will be a change of colors tonight with a forecasted hard freeze that will kill our Bougainvilleas, Red Bird of Paradise, and Hibiscus plants, becoming dormant until warmer desert spring days return. We know from experience of living near a wash means our low tonight will be 3-4 degrees lower than the forecasted Tucson low.
Some of the landscape flowers still blooming around our house. — Images by kenne
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Bird of Paradise — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Bird of paradise
Colors stand out in darkness
Crown fit for a king.
— kenne
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Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Red Bird of Paradise — Computer Painting by kenne
I HIDE myself within my flower,
That wearing on your breast,
You, unsuspecting, wear me too—
And angels know the rest.
I hide myself within my flower,
That, fading from your vase,
You, unsuspecting, feel for me
Almost a loneliness.
— Emily Dickinson
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Red Bird Of Paradise — Images by kenne
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Mexican Bird of Paradise — Images by kenne
Sometimes called the Red Bird of Paradise, this fast growing plant comes on quickly in the spring from being cut back after the first in the late fall. Although it’s considered an evergreen, the cooler fall desert nights cause it to loose any remaining blossoms and begin to loose leaves. Until then, they add a lot of color to our desert landscape.
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Mexican Bird of Paradise– Image by kenne
Look at what the morning brings
the sun rising over the mountains
bringing life back from death
towering stalks holding buds
above the desert’s dry rocky soil
soon blossoming in yellow and red
the beautiful Mexican Bird of Paradise.
kenne
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Red Bird of Paradise — Image by kenne
The Red Bird of Paradise (also commonly called Mexican Bird of Paradise) is a beautiful blowing desert plant that thrives on heat and very little water.
kenne
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Red Bird of Paradise is a flowering desert plant that most people in southern Arizona call the Mexican Bird of Paradise. The real Mexican Bird of Paradise in a tree with all yellow blooms. Of course neither look like the tropical Bird of Paradise many of us are used to seeing. These two photos are of plants along side our drive. Images by kenne
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