Sunday, December 12, 2010

RED POINSETTIA and FRIEND



I looked around the garden for something in bloom to photograph when into my ‘minds eye’ came a picture of the red poinsettia out by the driveway. Of course, it is the Holiday Season and they are blooming everywhere here on Kauai. I think every hotel uses thousands of them and then they freely give them away to their employees rather than toss them out like I’m sure they do in not so sympathetic climes.

It isn’t much to look at the rest of the year but rather suddenly it bursts into radiant bloom. I set off to photograph it and was taken by surprise when this little head popped into the view finder. Click! I thought for sure the gecko would jump away immediately as they usually do, but he stayed quite awhile to allow me some more shots. How fun is that?

But it’s the Poinsettia that wants to ‘speak’.

“We would like to say how much we love to be adored at this time of the year when not a lot of other plants are in bloom. We love that red is the color of the season and it is our color too. We love to deck the halls and bring joy to all. We are produced en mass for the Holiday Season so we don’t mind when our time is over, because we know that humans will always grow us to be admired again the next year. We appreciate that, and want to thank all humans who buy or grow or admire us. We want you to know how much we love to share our radiance with you. So, the next time you pass one of us by, be sure to listen, and you will hear us say, we love you, too."

Thank you very much,
marissa
theplantspirits@gmail.com
www.magicgardening.blogspot.com