Given that we’ve gone two winters without a hard freeze, the bougainvillea are especially big and beautiful this Christmas. The gold flowers are from the two bushes I planted years and years ago right behind the A/C unit. The red flowers are from the other side of the wall from the two bushes in the prayer grove that have tumbled over the wall to mix with their gold counterparts; they came along with the house when we bought it fifteen years ago. Beautiful, aren’t they?

Fifteen years ago. It’s hard to believe we’ve been out here that long. Just goes to show you how time flies!