I love your graphics of playing in the sand!
I hope you get to the beach soon!
we will probably go in august if the beaches are safe that is.....

i miss the beach. i especially miss my island beaches. but i miss the ocean in general.

i hope you get to go to the beach.

~ waves ~

here we go....1st named storm of the season....
 

In Guatemala, 73 people were killed as rains unleashed lethal landslides across the country, according to government disaster relief spokesman David de Leon. Tropical Storm Agatha made landfall near the nation's border with Mexico with winds up to 45 mph (75 kph) on Saturday and was dissipating rapidly Sunday over the mountains of western Guatemala.

92 Degrees today with huge thunderstorms
 

Here is my pic of the Royal Poinciana tree in bloom for a short period around this time every year. They are my fav trees. I like seeing the strong colors.
Facebook has these trees in Farmville and calls them Gulmohar trees. By either name, they are gorgeous.





http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/o.../gulmohar1.jpg
Royal Poinciana Tree -- found in S. FL, South Texas, the low deserts of Southern Arizona (to as high as Tucson), Southern California, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Caribbean, Madagascar, India, and so on.

oooh thank you for that!!!
 

GREAT PIC!

yes the royal poincianas are soooo beautiful! :) where i used to live would be smothered in them right now!! i do miss them!

we also had the yellow variety - not so common but also pretty, ever seen it?

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1375/...133f32cc54.jpg

Delonix regia var.flavida

~ waves ~

ps. wikipedia's entry for yellow poinciana is confused at best - the tree they give is sometimes dubbed yellow poinciana, but it is a different species. get them to a botanist. :o the pic & link above correspond to a yellow variety of the royal poinciana (species D.regia). you will recognize the leaves.

pps. i miss the tremendous thunderstorms, too. :o we hardly even get what i consider "real rain" here.

Hi,
I am going to be on the look out for the yellow variety.
I read that we are having a great blooming season due to the cold winter we had.

M.

thank you for sharing the photo.
That is gorgous!
bizi
my roses bloomed well this year due to our colder winter.

anxious about rain
 

Hi,
The Royal Poincianas are still in bloom. I'm happy that I get to see their energy this year. I did find a neighborhood with the Yellow Poincianas. They are amazing.

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Tropical Storm Bobbie is dropping rain on us on its way to Louisiana.
Some sounds I hardly notice.
For example, I don't notice screaming babies. It's as if part of my brain turns them off.


Rain on my roof, however, makes me jumpy. My brain is hyper alert to it.
I would prefer to be totally insulated from the sound of rain.
I would sleep better without the sound of rain.

M.

screaming babies drive me nuts.

i love the sound of rain... on roof, on ground... i find it soothing. i love going to sleep with that. i miss watching and listening to storms.

i wish we could share: i wish i could confer upon you the ability to enjoy the rain, and that you could confer upon me the ability to tune out screaming kids.

our temps have hit the 100's. but it's not as bad as the summer of 2003 when there was a heatwave throughout the continent. we had intense heat that lasted throughout september. this year it is expected to let up soon i think.

~ waves ~

looks florida may be in for some weather.....
I heard about the mudslides in mexico...terrible!

Crazy high today in L.A. was 117????or close to that.

Here in louisiana the high today was 83 and it is 69 right now with a low of 58 tonight....
fall is coming!!!!!
bizi