Pink Begonia
[Photo By: KPA]
It is now mid-summer in Canada, and even in the summer heat, we have a display of flowers.
Here are potted begonia, about which I blogged here, which fare well in the heat, and give us their beautiful colors to contemplate.
These pink and white flowers give a slightly tropical feel to the heat-waved Mississauga.This tiny parkette is right across from the Civic Centre (Celebration Square), and far enough to be a quiet and peaceful respite. The concrete slabs were designed to be "benches," and I often sit beneath one of the birch trees, which are in their full-leaved summer regalia, which provide a gentle flow of a summer's breeze. [More at the link above.]
In contrast, it is mid-"winter" - kiremt - here in Addis, and the rains and roaring thunder give us another side of nature.
The rains are much needed here, and they go on through August, until the September Spring - Tseday - when the whole country is covered in the beautiful yellow flowers. The clever Amhara also use that flower, and that month, as the New Year, celebrated by all Ethiopians. More then!