Flowering Corn

First Week of January 2021 Day 7 Today's photos show our small patch of corn stalks flowering. Corn tassels A few ears of corn with corn silk View from above Final photo: A lizard in our corn patch . .

The Bahaman Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio andraemon)

First Week of January 2021 Day 6 Today's photos show a Bahaman Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio andraemon) fluttering around our grapefruit sapling. This species of Swallowtail butterflies also has the scientific name - Heraclides andraemon bonbotei. Final photo: Two Bahaman Swallowtail butterflies mating . . References: https://butterfliesofamerica.com/papilio_andraemon_bonhotei.htm https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Papilio-andraemon http://focusonnature.com/CaribbeanButterfliesList.htm . .

Pickled Scotch Bonnet Pepper In Photos

First Week of January 2021 Day 5 Today's photos show us preparing pickled peppers with scotch bonnet peppers from our hillside garden. 1) Gathering our ingredients - usually scotch bonnet peppers, onions, carrots, cho-cho, all sliced. Also pimento berries (which we placed inside the jar) and vinegar. I understand that some persons include cloves and …

Yellow Vanda Hybrid Orchid

First Week of January 2021 Day 4 Today's photos show the simple yet beautiful yellow flowers of a Vanda Hybrid orchid. We got this orchid plant as a gift, and I think the name of it was "Moon Beam". Have a nice day. . .

Jamaican John Crow Beads (Abrus precatorius)

First Week of January 2021 Day 3 As children, we were always fascinated with John Crow beads which were used to make necklaces, bangles, rattles, and small bean bags. We loved the bright colour and the fact that they looked like eyes . . . eyes which we could glue onto our various arts and …

Flowers – Leaf Of Life Plant (2)

First Week of January 2021 Day 2 The flowers of the Leaf of Life plant (Bryophyllum calycinum/Kalanchoe pinnata) are bell-shaped, pendulous, and held in large stalked panicles. The four sepals, fused, are greenish-white with purple markings where enveloped by the calyx but red, purplish, or greenish-purple with green markings where exposed beyond calyx. The sepals …

Flowers – Leaf Of Life Plant (1)

First Week of January 2021 Day 1 Today's photos show the flowers of the Leaf of Life Plant (Bryophyllum calycinum or Kalanchoe pinnata) in the sunshine. 1) Unopened Flower Buds .. 2) Opened Flower Buds revealing red petals Today I learned that the Leaf of Life plant is also called "pregnant with fire". . 3) …