Clear Water Bay Country Park (清水灣郊野公園)

Last Sunday lived up to its name. It was a day full of sun. Perfect for a walk out in the countryside. I did just that.

After getting off at the roundabout where my trek up the Clear Water Bay Country Park trail was to begin, I found these giant flowers which look like so many flared trumpets announcing the arrival of Spring: its delicacy, its freshness and its irrepressible vitality.

How like the lower portion of an elegant lady's evening gown?

Leaves lost no time in spreading out

Everywhere I turned my eyes to, I found buds, buds, buds, for flowers as for leaves.

Others were busy to fan out too under the sun



See how vigorously they push.towards the sun, the eternal prime mover of all terrestrial Life  !

Not enough green yet to mask the underlying red

making unbelievable patterns of green yellow and red

Those plants which do not like to have anything to do with iron are content with mere yellows. 

Some plants prefer to be more low keyed.



Others feel no such constraints at all.

A rare species of allamanda with purple instead of purely yellow petals

The flames of Spring !. I can feel it in my bones !