Every couple of years, our Bromeliad on the front porch will produce one of these brilliant pink flowers. Eventually, there will also be purple pods embedded in the flower, which adds more color. These come and go quickly, but not as fast as the cactus blossoms. Verna took this shot of the bloom this morning.
A while ago, I took this 3D picture of a previous bloom from the same plant (you need red/blue or red/cyan 3D glasses to view).
We have a family membership and go to the garden regularly just because there are scenes like this everywhere.
Or maybe something else. This popped up some weeks ago and finally produced this weird looking flower. I can’t remember the name of the bulb we stuck in here ( at least, I think we stuck it there). Anyhow, it’s exotic, weird, and strangely pretty.
That’s what Baby Drake seems to be saying in this snapshot I took when Miguel and Tracy brought him over for his first visit to our house.
Drake is about three weeks old, and seems to be very alert and interactive for his age. We also enjoyed seeing Kane, Jayden, Vanessa, Tony, and Carol. We love you guys!
How’s this for something different on the BBQ? We cut up some pork loin and marinated the chunks in a citrus-honey and hickory BBQ concoction. We then chopped up some fresh pineapple to go on the skewers along with the pork. The skewers were branches from one of our rosemary bushes, washed and sharpened to a point on the bottom so when you push the meat and fruit on the skewers, the leaves on the branch will fold toward the center.
After cooking the pork thoroughly and browning the pineapple, we discarded the skewers and served this sumptuous entree with roasted corn cobbettes and a sauteed vegetable medley. This made for a very good meal, low in fat and high in fiber.
