Barbara maintained a hibiscus friend of ours on comatose life support for over two years. Two days ago, her hibiscus awoke with a sensual joy of a type that only a hibiscus can express. Here you see the patient blooming yesterday:
In Tahiti and Hawaii, we’re told, the tradition was that a woman wearing a red Hibiscus behind her right ear was looking for a relationship and that a woman wearing one behind her left ear was signaling that she was in a relationship. I wonder what placing a yellow and pink hibiscus in front of a sunny window means? (Image taken in Brooklin, Maine, on April 13, 2024.)