– A Couple Of Weeks Ago! –

The wife unit and I were sitting on the back porch just after lunch. I glanced off to the southwest corner of the front yard and noticed flashes of red in a bush near the road in the neighbors yard.

I commented to the wife-unit that I didnt remember ever seeing any of the bushes near the road in bloom before.

The wife-unit responded that when sitting in the same chair she had also seen the red flowers but had no idea what they were.

I got up off my duff and went back in the house and got the camera off the dining room table.

Back on the porch I sat down in the same chair and took a location shot.

In the photo below you can see the red in the center of the photo.

Then I again got out of the chair and walked towards the corner of the yard.

As I neared the corner of the yard I was able to determine the identify What we had seen. It is a – – – – –
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Pyro-hydrantus
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I guess you cant always believe what you see at first glance.

*grins* one fall day abt 6 years ago hubby and i were on the hassyampa river plains and i saw abt 50 red birds in the sycamore trees. i said “oh look at all the red birds!” hubby said “where?” and i said “look up!” and he did and there were no birds there. they had flown. he gave me a strange look and i started to laugh. it is one of my favorite forever memories. yes. i did see your red flowersand i was thinking “oh i bet they are red birds” *grins*

hahahhaha. don’t see many red ones here; mainly yellow. yours must be a rare breed lol

LOLOL…:)

unsigned

October 5, 2011

I can’t see the Pyro-hydrantus in the first picture, but then my eyes aren’t what they used to be.

red over red

Tis the season! Happy autumn! 😉

Wow — and a different variety than we have locally.

The Rickster

This gives, “Stop and smell the roses” a whole new meaning.