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too larry

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I should carry my camera around more - most of what I post here is from my phone & it's camera isn't that good (but it is handy).
My garden/woods camera is a Fuji Films underwater camera. My old one took pretty good pictures. This new one is not as good.

This bird was wanting me to move away from the rain catcher so it could have it's turn. That, or it was just being friendly. It did fly when I took the picture.

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too larry

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This rainbow helped me in that my wife was in a better mood about me working all day, then heading out to the camp right after supper when she saw it. She really likes rainbows.

{when time and weather allows, we walk a half more or so before I head out to camp. It was just a little weak sliver when we first came outside. By the time we had walked down to the graveyard and turned around to come back, it was much longer and brighter. It faded away a couple of minutes later}

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SPLFreak808

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Royal Poinciana tree.
We also used to call them "Mother in Law's tongue" as when the wind blew the dried seed pods would rattle like crazy.
They are common at lower elevations out here, that one is like 1/4 mile from the ocean & those beans stink when they rot lmao, did you notice the coconuts above? I probably stole 30 coconuts in the last 2 years off that lone wild tree haha.

I enjoy the jacaranda's out here, If I'm walking near/towards one i always stop & observe, the purple is a nice change of scenery.
 

curious2garden

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They are common at lower elevations out here, that one is like 1/4 mile from the ocean & those beans stink when they rot lmao, did you notice the coconuts above? I probably stole 30 coconuts in the last 2 years off that lone wild tree haha.

I enjoy the jacaranda's out here, If I'm walking near/towards one i always stop & observe, the purple is a nice change of scenery.
I love Jacaranda's they are gorgeous.
 

GreatwhiteNorth

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We called them "Flame Trees" on Guam, my wife loves them. They would get some kind of worms on them that would defoliate them in a week. Those seed pods are REALLY tough.
In the 70's we had a big one in the back yard with a "crown" in the top - as a kid I used to lace cord into a hammock between branches & nap up there with my pet Raccoon Pepi.
Unfortunately Hurricane Andrew's eye wall went directly overhead & the poor tree didn't survive, it was just too high strung.

As for the seed pods, tough is an understatement - they don't open until they "Want" to open!
 

raratt

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In the 70's we had a big one in the back yard with a "crown" in the top - as a kid I used to lace cord into a hammock between branches & nap up there with my pet Raccoon Pepi.
Unfortunately Hurricane Andrew's eye wall went directly overhead & the poor tree didn't survive, it was just too high strung.

As for the seed pods, tough is an understatement - they don't open until they "Want" to open!
I tried to bring some seeds home to the wife on one of my "trips" for work. I knew I couldn't explain a whole seed pod to customs so I tried to get some seeds out. I gave up relatively quickly.
 
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