Many plants were unhappy to have been doused with salt water during the recent storm. I hasten to add that these are not “native plants” or even “canoe plants”. This bougainvillea. And I have seen this very plant in this pitiful condition at least 3 times in the last 20 years. It will survive. Fun little write-up about the bougainvillea in Wikipedia.
The first European to describe these plants was Philibert Commerçon, a botanist accompanying French Navy admiral Louis Antoine de Bougainville during his voyage of circumnavigation of the Earth, and first published by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in 1789. It is possible that the first European to observe these plants was Jeanne Baret, Commerçon’s lover and assistant, who was an expert in botany. Because she was not allowed on ship as a woman, she disguised herself as a man in order to make the journey (and thus became the first woman to circumnavigate the globe).
I am really tired today, rather like the “after” bougainvillea. For absolutely no reason at all. Maybe I am old. Maybe I have Covid. Maybe I have a fatal illness. Maybe I could score some speed. Maybe I need to just get on with life. My brain is a dangerous place. Pretty empty place sometimes.
Heading off on a little adventure with the grand on Dec 20-23. She leaves late on the 23rd. I’ll bunk in the unit that night. Do the sheets and towels on the morning of the 24th. But, I’ll leave the place all sparkly clean on the 20th. And, I’ll be all packed up and ready to go.