Earlier today, I nipped into the woodland, hoping to see some scarlet elf cup mushrooms to add to my salad this evening. They normally sprout around this time, late winter. The woodland is still asleep,

Ixora coccinea is a types of blooming plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is a typical blooming bush local to Southern India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lank. Ixora coccinea (otherwise called wilderness geranium,