This was the first blossom on our little volunteer Pride of Barbados plant.

For those of you not from Texas, the golden brown stuff the dogs are laying on is grass. I refuse to waste water on it. It goes dormant in the summer and comes back in the spring. It is a mix of native grasses and ground cover.

I just love the Wildzone.

When these bloom, they start at the bottom and move up. It is pretty interesting to see. The flowers are bright orange at first. Then they age to a darker orange. After that, they turn red just before shriveling up.

These seed pods are all over the plant. We have several baby plants growing all over the place.

This is the little plant a few days later. This one didn't bloom until it was two years old.

There are always a bunch of these at the old bird bath. I think they are absolutely stunning. They never bother me.

I harvested all the chiltepin peppers. They are really hot! Chiltepins have a SHU of 50,000-100,000. Jalapenos only fall in the range of 2,000 to 8,000!,000-100,000.

Just missed him!

I learned last year that birds keep their mouths open to help with the heat. It is like panting for dogs.