The here and now... and what and why

Complacency is a trap. At least that’s what I was thinking when I up and left the comfort of a Yankee prep school gig, where I taught music, amongst other things, for 28 years. There was also that life long career as a composer, musician and artist.

First, it was a year in St. Thomas, USVI, working as a reporter and shooting photography and then, a year in San Agustin Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Time passed.
More time passed and a year back in the Athens of America followed by a hasty return to Oaxaca where it is all happening.
A couple of years in San Sebastian Etla and now, just down the road in San Pablo Etla. Life is good.

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Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Musician, photographer, videographer, reporter, ex-officio teacher, now attempting to be a world traveler

Monday, July 13, 2020

A rose is a rose....

Well, this isn't one, but the colors are right.  I need a little help here, because I don't know what this flowering tree is.  Every year it gets attacked by leaf cutter ants, but I have been extra vigilante this year and it has never looked better.
It has been a good rainy season thus far (knock on wood) and things are tall and lush in the garden.  Recognize this flower?
It's a banana flower with the platanos almost ripe at the top of that stem.
And look at the size of that rosemary or romero plant behind it. 
It's bigly! Yuge!

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2 comments:

Clever Monkey said...

Hi Chris
I think it might possibly be a pink crepe myrtle, but can't see the flowers so clearly.
If so, it's called "Crespón de Mirto" or also "banabá" or "espumilla"
Take a look at this website, the photos near the top are of a white one, but scroll down for the pink.
https://www.backyardnature.net/mexnat/crepe-my.htm
I do love seeing parts of your garden.
Diane

July 14, 2020 at 5:29 PM
Christopher Stowens said...

Yes, it is a crepe myrtle. Others confirmed it. And just wait, the garden is really coming into its own. I waiting for the flowers to kick in and then I'll post more.

July 14, 2020 at 5:46 PM

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