My dear sir, red bloomed tree thingy in the front is called a crepe myrtle. That particular color is called dynomite. I tell you that because there are several shades of red / pink.

Well, I learned something today. I've heard of crepe myrtle for years, of course, but I always imagined them in shades of lilac / lavender / purple.

Don't mind me. I once asked our waitress in a restaurant in Cape Cod if she knew what those huge gorgeous bushes laden with flowers in pink, purple, white (and I think I may have even seen blue ones) ... were called that grew in everyone's yard all over town.

"The rhododendrons?" she asked quizzically ... looking at me like I'd just landed from outer space.

Ok ... I'd heard of rhododendrons, too ... all my life, but I never recalled seeing one or making the connection with the name if I did. I envisioned those as low-growing and discreet ... like an azalea -- you know. The kind people give in pots so you can plant them in your yard.

We don't have a lot of any of those where I live.

I'm starting to feel kind of like a ignoramus when it comes to flowers. Maybe your posts will cure that ... eventually.