As many of you sit down to the annual feast of Thanksgiving this week, may you stop and count your blessings. This Egret, at Morikami Gardens, feasts on insects climbing this Chenille Plant (Acalypha hispida). I remind myself of my many, many blessings as I prepare for my family to gather. Our first grandchild will join us at the tender age of four months. I have so much to be grateful for. Being out in nature stills my soul and reminds me of the many blessings and miracles around me each day. I am grateful to observe so many amazements. Copyright 2024 Pamela BreitbergThe Chenille plant is so named for the bristly hanging flowers that look like fuzzy chenille and brushes. That is quite a contrast in descriptions as Chenille is soft in texture. Ah, the naming process of plants. Copyright 2024 Pamela BreitbergAn alternate common name for this plant is Red Hot Cat Tail. Being a cat lover, I think I prefer this name. In the garden, Red Hot Cat Tail can grow to tweleve feet tall and spread six feet wide. At the Morikami Gardens, it had plenty of room to enjoy full growth.Caught. Dinner is ready to eat. Zoom in close and you can see the feast at hand…or beak. Blessed wishes for your Thanksgiving and week. Copyright 2024 Pamela Breitberg
Happy early Thanksgiving to you.
Thank you! It will be. Same to you.