Bluebells, Bourgainvillea and Jacaranda
We are gearing up for a little more normalcy, starting from tomorrow. Apparently the new edict is that ties are banned in the workplace – they potentially harbour germs. Businessmen all over the city will be sporting the casual look – I wonder whether it will catch on permanently.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7UD3eXbOQltjgBDzdDXu2sYixnHHMK3W0c-nJsjlZyxJdegjqNTxtCc6fE3zFTs0TLSTm57ebzKgQbpnSQb1fbOiCd5wkuYD-jNBWSp3oIbxzC1VnIfNcoJsYe9P9Bo2K-QLGfKE0_N8C/s400/bougainvillea.jpg)
It’s officially rainy season, so we’ll be getting more thunderstorms like last night – probably every day now. Like so much else in Mexico they really are BIG here and often result in power cuts. I miss the subtlety of the changing seasons in the UK. Today, friends posted pictures of a camping trip and I could see that the bluebells were out.
I guess I am extremely fortunate to have been able to enjoy the stunning jacaranda blossom here - both are welcome signs of Spring - and the riotous displays of bougainvillea (bugambilia) that is everywhere in Mexico at this time of year is also breath-taking.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVVFvLCpS4S9eM-o5aoIhxWoB4u5Ge3PdN9Pu08zouYNFC0AIpqHHksgFEwEUTSi2uHB72s_G9wk1cegmiXafeNKpUoHaaHRZZzqzY4xnOn4jW-4J77z4-yYMdk6Hx_2XIMSjyklRsnj_u/s320/bluebells-by-andrea-rippon.jpg)
I know they are wanton and clamber over everything, happy to intertwine with friends and other members of their family, and that English bluebells are a little more restrained; ‘spring-flowering bulbous perennials’, that are fussy about where they bed, only bloom with their 'own type' and are usually found in woods, but I suppose it is their mutual vibrancy that excites me and that they so defintively represent hope.
The Mexican flowers are particularly picturesque when set against colourful adobe walls.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQSlXTF1shOWSUDnqRpEFNTu3xJnJSermabQ029oIHvNcDIacHPzfGWVQtJ0JKCDYCQV56d-M_ZD0QGYfiV8AzAY5zdNkU5_CnvVY_YjtZoBRFWqamG8tr3poTabjZAfcHDgeC4MGuOe9j/s400/jacaranda-blossom-by-jaime-ramirez1.jpg)
In fact, it is very hard to say which I prefer. Strangely, despite their differences, jacaranda blossom and bluebells remind me of each other (it must be the similarity in colour - and that they are both so pert and optimistic). English Bluebells , perhaps, have the edge. They have become rather more rare and, for me, remain a poignant reminder of a childhood spent in the bluebell woods of Oxfordshire.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7UD3eXbOQltjgBDzdDXu2sYixnHHMK3W0c-nJsjlZyxJdegjqNTxtCc6fE3zFTs0TLSTm57ebzKgQbpnSQb1fbOiCd5wkuYD-jNBWSp3oIbxzC1VnIfNcoJsYe9P9Bo2K-QLGfKE0_N8C/s400/bougainvillea.jpg)
It’s officially rainy season, so we’ll be getting more thunderstorms like last night – probably every day now. Like so much else in Mexico they really are BIG here and often result in power cuts. I miss the subtlety of the changing seasons in the UK. Today, friends posted pictures of a camping trip and I could see that the bluebells were out.
I guess I am extremely fortunate to have been able to enjoy the stunning jacaranda blossom here - both are welcome signs of Spring - and the riotous displays of bougainvillea (bugambilia) that is everywhere in Mexico at this time of year is also breath-taking.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVVFvLCpS4S9eM-o5aoIhxWoB4u5Ge3PdN9Pu08zouYNFC0AIpqHHksgFEwEUTSi2uHB72s_G9wk1cegmiXafeNKpUoHaaHRZZzqzY4xnOn4jW-4J77z4-yYMdk6Hx_2XIMSjyklRsnj_u/s320/bluebells-by-andrea-rippon.jpg)
I know they are wanton and clamber over everything, happy to intertwine with friends and other members of their family, and that English bluebells are a little more restrained; ‘spring-flowering bulbous perennials’, that are fussy about where they bed, only bloom with their 'own type' and are usually found in woods, but I suppose it is their mutual vibrancy that excites me and that they so defintively represent hope.
The Mexican flowers are particularly picturesque when set against colourful adobe walls.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQSlXTF1shOWSUDnqRpEFNTu3xJnJSermabQ029oIHvNcDIacHPzfGWVQtJ0JKCDYCQV56d-M_ZD0QGYfiV8AzAY5zdNkU5_CnvVY_YjtZoBRFWqamG8tr3poTabjZAfcHDgeC4MGuOe9j/s400/jacaranda-blossom-by-jaime-ramirez1.jpg)
In fact, it is very hard to say which I prefer. Strangely, despite their differences, jacaranda blossom and bluebells remind me of each other (it must be the similarity in colour - and that they are both so pert and optimistic). English Bluebells , perhaps, have the edge. They have become rather more rare and, for me, remain a poignant reminder of a childhood spent in the bluebell woods of Oxfordshire.