I know, it's suppose to be sunrise but it's not morning, that was 10 hours ago! The song is still in my head from this morning even though we haven't had a drop of tequila all day, some bourbon, but no tequila.
Any way, the beautiful plant in the front of this photo is one of my favorites, the sea grape. Coccoloba uvifera is most often used in landscaping in the southern US and Caribbean islands. It is a popular ornamental plant in south Florida yards as well as a dune stabilizer and coastal windbreak. Tall sea grape plants are used to make a light barrier between coastlines to protect sea turtles. The leaves are large and when ready to fall, turn from the lime green color to a maroon. Once on the ground, they are a noisy leaf letting you know when the smallest creatures are nearby. I'm sure they are a little work to clean up after but I just love the noise of the wind in the leaves and Blue gets excited when he hears the crab walking around in the border between our site and the next.
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