Saturday, July 28, 2012

A Tropical Foggy Morning


Fogs hardly come to us in the tropics. But our area is around 100 masl, so fogs visit us once-in-a while during the wet season.  It was zero visibility beyond a 10-meter radius, and the fog stayed even after 9:00am. Normally, this time the sun is already up there, today i can still stay outside and take photos. Somehow, i feel like we are in a sub-tropical country, I start to think what happens if there is a hail. There is climate change, so it might not be impossible to have hail in the tropics. If this is climate change, I love it.

 The street near the house is deserted, except the twigs and leaves fallen the night before. I did not see even an animal or an insect.  It looks like only the plants welcome the fog and the rain. I kept on shooting as well as searching.

The coconut palms infested by mealy bugs and aphids during the dry season, now seem fully free of the infestations. The insects do not like the wet and cold temperatures.

That is a big acacia tree (Samanea saman), where a lot of birds converge and roost during the dry season. I wonder where they hide now this time of the year! Only a few crows visit it when the rains stopped.



 I cannot refrain from comparing this growing Crinum lily inflorescence to a right hand with  thumb and forefinger touching each other.  It deserves a good soaking, and it looks like a single bright marker in this area!

The hibiscus hasn't opened yet, it normally still opens before noon. When the fog lifts up this will still bloom fully and wait for the insects and the sunbirds getting its nectar.

13 comments:

  1. Morning Andrea! Glad you're enjoying the rain. I miss it so much! I live in Atacama, the driest region in the world. I miss hooting-shooting green! Karmi

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    1. Yes i know where you are, you should post the photo of your son and Andres. See i still remember his name! My friend is in Santiago, very far from you!

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  2. Love the crinum lily photo! And the fog looks so wonderfully soft and moist. Ah, maybe if I stop and imagine it hard enough, some will materialize here.

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    1. Haha, Gaia you should couple it with raindance! thanks for the appreciation!

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  3. I'm taking sometime though out my day and stop by some new blog. I came over from “Life Ramblings”...We sure have different plants in our neck of the woods. The weather here been different well this month it looks like we got about 2 inches of rain a lot for July. I like lilly but none of mine our in bloom now (sigh) hope you can stop and visit my blog and the coffee is on.

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  4. I do envy you right now. That is some of the most incredible fog/rain I've seen in awhile. I miss it here. In winter, very rare, fog will form here. I'm usually working and can't take time off to do a photo shoot but they are amazing moments. Quite beautiful. I love your pictures today. Quite the contrast from our own area:) Hugs. Kreesh:)

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  5. Nice shot of the dew drops on the crinum... Ima fan of crinums and dew drops as well...

    Which hibiscus is that? The bloom looks like Malvaviscus penduliflorus, but what I can see of the leaves look like possibly one of the tropicals...

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    1. Hi Stone, i know this is your first visit here, thanks for dropping by. That is an ordinary Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, we locally call gumamela. It will still open in a few hours. We also have Malvaviscus growing nicely here.

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  6. Wonderful photos. They really convey the lovely feel of a foggy morning. We don't get to see many foggy mornings here either. Occasionally we get one during the wet season, and sometimes on very cool winter mornings. I love foggy weather. It's very calming and peaceful.

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    1. Yes Bernie, in fact i want to be absent from work just to go home to the province to possible chance on the fogs again! It is really calming, and enchanting for me because we very seldom see it.

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  7. Amazing thick fog that looks so calming and cocooning...lots of wonderful rain there as well...I would love some fog because it would mean we have lots of moisture or rain....no such luck!

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  8. What a beautiful setof atmospheric pictures. The crinum inflorescence does look just like a meditive pose. Have a lovely week.
    Paul

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