Hard to believe after all the rain of the last few weeks, and still suffering from this ‘orible cold, but 2013 dawned bright clear and sunny. As I roamed the house looking for pictures, the afternoon sun caught this (ex) flower on our bird of paradise plant. So, that’s two pictures, two dead flowers. I seem to remember dead flowers featured several times in 2003 although it took until March for the first ones to appear...