Monday, October 27, 2008

Brachychiton acerifolius


here's another view of the Illawarra Flame Tree because chickie liked it so much.

13 comments:

Atlas Cerise said...

Richard Simmons grew from one of those seeds.

Cissy Strutt said...

atlas: You are a scary boy.

Mike said...

I hear they have a cure for that now.

Cissy Strutt said...

mike: Yes, but they say the cure is worse than the disease.

Malach the Merciless said...

MMMMMMMM - Delicious

Forrest Proper said...

Is it just me, or do those out-reaching, open-mouthed flowers remind anyone else of Audrey Jr.?

Phoebe Fay said...

That picture makes me happy. It's like being injected with some sort of alien happy virus. Invasive and unnatural, but in a good way.

Cissy Strutt said...

malach: I wish they were made of icing.

colonel: Oh Audrey 2, how we love you! The great Levi Stubbs, who voiced Audrey 2 so brilliantly, died recently. But not only did he leave behind his own wonderful body of work, he lent his name to the great Billy Bragg song "Levi Stubbs' Tears". Requiem In Pace.

pheebs: Oh you guys need some happy right now. But the Time of Joy fast approaches.

Chickie said...

Oh! That one is nice! That's not what I imagined the flowers to look like. Cool beans.

Sara Sue said...

I can just imagine the hummingbirds flying in for lunch! Lovely, simply lovely.

Cissy Strutt said...

chickie: You're thinking of sticking one in your eye, aren't you?

sara sue: Then we'd have the birds for lunch - yum, crunchy!

The first time I saw hummingbirds was in a back garden in San Francisco. I was amazed.

Chickie said...

An open one cupped OVER my eye.

Forrest Proper said...

FEEED ME!!!!