Focusing on the things I am Loving...

With an overwhelming amount of things going on in my personal life right now, I've decided to focus on the Things that I am Loving, instead of dwelling on the craziness that surrounds me. My stress level is to its max, so this post with hopefully bring inspiration to others possibly in similar situations.  So, here's some things I'm loving today...

I love trees that don't grow straight.  It may sound silly, but I just love looking at their twisted and crooked branches.  A natural beauty.

I love linen skirts, white cozy pants, or other bottoms!  

Subtle touches of pink, aqua, and lavender.

I love the way the sun touches through the clouds, and how the moon illuminates the dark, night sky.

I love warm sand between my toes, and being on the beach with my family.

A lovely Asian, veggie stir fry.

I love the Sunset over the Laguna.

I love working in my pj's.

I love fishing with my son...

I also love Lush, Tropical Plants.

I love birds at play on the beach.

And finally, probably my favorite of all...my children laughing.

Favorite Tropical Plants

Here at my home on the island,  I have a variety of tropical and succulent plants.  I enjoy them all.  I love my beautiful plumeria, and my mystery Hawaiian plant.

I bought my mystery plant from an estate sale quite a while ago.  They had given me the name, but I have since lost it.  It is amazing.  It produces large seed pods, which I have collected and have on my window sill in my kitchen.  It has produces the most beautiful fragrance white flowers.  It has grown to an enormous size of over 12 feet tall.  It is a vine, and is just amazing in general.  This is a bad pic, but it does show the flowers and one of the pods.  I would love if you all could help me identity it.  I have sprouted one baby plant, and look forward to growing more with the many seeds from my collection of pods.

I also love this plant, again, I have no idea what it is.  It is not growing here at my home, but I found it nearby. I would love to add this beauty to my plants.  The leaves are somewhat velvety, and rubberlike at the same time.  It is really cool as well.

I have a variety of others, but these are just a couple of my favs.  I would love to get some input on some of your favorites, and suggestions for my garden.  I have found that the salt air, and windy conditions here where I live, is rough on typical, more widely used plants you would find inland.  I have a mission to create a tropical paradise at my home.