Everywhere I look I see the flame trees blooming. That's always the way though, once you think you notice something for the first time you then start to see it everywhere.
In Key West they call them Royal Poinciana, though where the adjective royal comes from no one quite seems to know. I have started to notice a few orange splashes of color around town and if you look carefully you will see a few more I am sure in essays past and to come. I took this next photo on a Saturday when I also took the time to give the letter carrier a word of encouragement about how much I like Saturday delivery service, the next small skein of social comfort our dear leaders are eager to unravel.
He was more interested in giving Cheyenne a cookie. She wanted two. It's not just flame trees in bloom either. This is the corner of Grinnell and Southard Streets.
These bushes below aren't blooming but they provide some contrasting color to the salmon pink house. I believe they are called mamey but they are the same as the fruit bearing mamey. I expect I am wrong but I am sticking my next out on this one.
I have been chasing down the easy-to-grow frangipani blooms lately and this tree was covered in pink blossoms.
I am going to turn myself into a botanist if I'm not careful. Not really, as labeling things gets tedious for me. I should though considering I live in the middle of all this stuff.
In Key West they call them Royal Poinciana, though where the adjective royal comes from no one quite seems to know. I have started to notice a few orange splashes of color around town and if you look carefully you will see a few more I am sure in essays past and to come. I took this next photo on a Saturday when I also took the time to give the letter carrier a word of encouragement about how much I like Saturday delivery service, the next small skein of social comfort our dear leaders are eager to unravel.He was more interested in giving Cheyenne a cookie. She wanted two. It's not just flame trees in bloom either. This is the corner of Grinnell and Southard Streets.These bushes below aren't blooming but they provide some contrasting color to the salmon pink house. I believe they are called mamey but they are the same as the fruit bearing mamey. I expect I am wrong but I am sticking my next out on this one.
I have been chasing down the easy-to-grow frangipani blooms lately and this tree was covered in pink blossoms.
I am going to turn myself into a botanist if I'm not careful. Not really, as labeling things gets tedious for me. I should though considering I live in the middle of all this stuff. 
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They are best viewed from a rooftop. All that sea of red. Luscious.
Dear Conchscooter:
It's not only blooming time in Key West, but in West Chester, Pa as well. Last week was the peak time for the ornamental cherry trees, bartlet pear trees, and the weeping cherry trees. This week, dozens of trees on the street went from bare to bright green. It is quite the nices part of the spring season.
Temperatures have been in the mid-80's for the past two days and the central air-conditioning growled into life yesterday. It appears we are going to go from a nice spring to an early summer.
Fondest regards,
Jack • reep • Toad
Twisted Roads
Royal Poincianas are Delonix regia. Delonix is Greek for "long claws" (referring to the upright petals) and regia is Queen. Taxonomy was assigned in 1791, and the common name that we use comes from the governor of the French West Indies at the time, Monsieur de Poinci.
The burgundy flowerless plants in front of the pink house are immature Cordylines. They eventually turn into big ringed sticks with Dr. Seuss tufts on top.
This is the sort of stuff that I rate as priceless. My wife says she married an encyclopedia but it's just that weird shit sticks to my brain cells and common-or-garden small talk just wafts out of my ears, so people think I'm weird. I'm not as weird as some of you for sure, eh jack? summer is strating to opress down here unless the rains stop threatneing and start acting.
fly like a bird roberta.
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