When is a bird not a bird

Bird-of-Paradise (Strelitzia reginae), Nairobi, Kenya

E'er blooming?

Kenya takes this Christmas carol literally (or at least it's remarkably rose-filled, in the middle of what I consider winter).

A rose, Nairobi, Kenya

Gray morning

Onset Island, MA

Lavender shadows

Sea-lavender, Limonium carolinianum (Machiasport, ME)

This will all be underwater when the tide comes in.

Poppy

Machiasport, Maine