Wednesday, April 22, 2009

benches under the bougainvillea



The bougainvillea construction (could I call it a canopy?) reminds me of a floral elephant, somehow. I saw this in Valencia a year ago. I will go there tomorrow (it's a 3-hour drive) to check if it is still there and to maybe get a sunny picture of it (click to enlarge!). Hope I can find the bougainvillea again, my sense of orientation is not my best feature! I will be resuming normal blogging activities on Monday. Until then blog, comment, and be merry.

And if you have a moment, maybe you'd like to participate in the world mosaic,submit a picture of the world around you, only today, since it is Earth Day:


19 comments:

  1. It does resemble a purple bougainvillea elephant -- but a beautiful purple bougainvillea elephant, at least!

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  2. How stunning that must look in real life! I love bougainvillea. I'm not convinced I'd want to sit under it though. :) I didn't know about the earth mosaic, I must try to take part.

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  3. That's gorgeous!
    I love Bougainvillea!

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  4. I had to smile when you said it looked like an elephant, a pink elephant no less! :D

    So many flowers!

    Have a safe trip!

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  5. I would call it an arbor. LOL........but, no matter what it's called, it's breathtakingly beautiful.

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  6. So you're off AGAIN? ROFL!! You're absolutely right Mar, enjoy yourself!! Love the picture, make sure to make a new one okay?

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  7. You are right it looks a little like an elephant without head, beautiful flowers !

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  8. That is gorgeous! Lovely flowers!

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  9. Those an amazing structure and vine. Gorgeous.

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  10. Oh, that is SOOOOOO Very Beautiful, Mar....This is one of my favorite colors of Bouganvilla....I hope you do find it again. It will be so interesting to see if it has gotten bigger or if they keep it trimmee to a certain point, all the time....!

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  11. Have a wonderful time in Valencia!

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  12. Wow! That is unbelievable! I sure hope you find it again! What a beauty! Wonder what kind of plant it is????

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  13. My first thought was also the same as yours.
    But it is something missing;)) Unless the beauty of the flowers

    Have you seen this:
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    What do you think?

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  14. Yes the beauty of bougainvillea! This of Spania is the best! I've never seen one so beautiful in Provence! My PH is up and it is 3:25 in the morning. As I wake up at 7 (I have to take a song's lesson for the theater, tomorrow at 9!) aie aie aie!

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  15. Wonderful. It's definitely a floral elephant! I hope you'll find it again and in sunshine this time. I wanna see more of it.

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  16. Pretty Purple Effelump..... :-)

    cq

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  17. I have never seen them so lush! It's rather obvious they're not grown in my yard; I can only appreciate, not grow, beautiful plants.

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