Wonderfulicious Wednesday - September my Birthday Month

This weeks nuggets. 

Seems that most of the Wonferfulicious posts

have been of birds and flowers, so why change now?

Finches at the nearly empty bird feeder.

More Photo therapy at work here; Vintage effect.

Blended layers. Oak limb and rust. (Perhaps I should 

have saved this one for Oct.)

Near the front door are 2 pots of cheerful.
Flamboyant-de-jardin aka
Mexican Bird of Paradise.
They bloom from spring
to Fall.

From the tiny Hibiscus plant that has never grown much and

normally only has one bloom a year. This year I was

gifted with two. 

Night blooming Cereus. At around midnight

for a few nights last month I photographed

the magical flowers that by dawn had withered. 

It seems only fitting that I end this post with 

another bird image. This black bird had

dibs on the fountain. Or, maybe he was

just cooling his feet on a brutally

hot day. . . .

Saturday Photo-therapy

The yard continues to provide me with 

a cornucopia of images, if I take the time

to look!  

There is a hibiscus that has 1-2 blooms every year! The bush never grows

 even though the one next to it has grown higher than the brick wall

and needs to be pruned. Odd! The above

image is of the bloom that greeted

me today. Blended with texture layers.

 A tall very prickly white cactus that was once a part

of small pot full of succulents and cactus has

been planted in the yard and has now given

birth to 6 babies.

The yearly red blooms are always a source of 

amusement. Both of the images have

 been blended with texture layers

Dove blended with texture layers.