Amaryllis Belladonna, fondly called Naked Ladies, have been blooming in profusion, as photographed by Mark Hancock.

I'll let Mark tell the story. He wrote, "Hi, Jeanne!  On my way back to the Lighthouse from S&B Market the other day my eye was caught by an explosion of pink in the Evergreen Cemetery off of Mountain View Road.  I pulled into the cemetery and there were Naked Ladies everywhere!  I walked around the grounds taking pictures and looking at some of the headstones from the 1800s, and at the far end of the cemetery a fox decided to join me on my walk.  It stopped by one of the headstones and looked at me as if to say, aren't these flowers amazing?

Amazing, indeed and it's fun to see the Gray Fox! Naked ladies are non-native bulbs. By the time the flower stalk comes up, the leaves are gone - hence the naked  lady. They aren't invasive so we are free to love them.

Thanks to Mark for allowing me to share his photos with you here.

After yesterday's downpour, we had a sunny, cool day today. The horizon looks clear so perhaps there will be a green flash tonight at sunset. Hope so!