No sun today for this backyard grouping--pansies, petunia, poinsettia, and gourds. In background, San Pedro cactus, pencil cactus, and their drought resistant pals.
Cyclamid standing tall on a cool, gray December day.
Curve-bill thrasher sitting on an arm of our neighbors cactus. Curve-bill is the most resourceful and cunning of the neighborhood avians. Their eponymously named bill serves them well as they work for seeds.
December means not much direct sunlight for hibiscus. Notice how shorter days and less sunlight threads more red into the bloom. Scroll down for a bloom that gets more direct sunlight. Same bush.