the remains of the oleander

Back to the city after several weeks in the mountains. Most plants have died, including the usually resilient oleander. No need to say that five minutes after I took this picture the sky poured down all the water that would have been so useful in the past months

[carol white]

Great capture of the windblown oleander and dramatic clouds. Fav!! 😀

[Tunia McClure]

You can certainly see the rain coming in your picture.

[Helen Jane]

how sad for you to find so many dead plants. I am sorry. A tremendously threatening sky here.

[Phil Howcroft]

i like your framing and the lovely light too caterina

[Jane Pittenger]

Wonderful threaten8ng sky...pity re your plants though

[Issi Bannerman]

Nice. I love your POV and composition.

[Virginia Stapleton]

Love the dynamic, organic lines here.

[Monique]

Pity about the plants, Wonderful shot though

[Pyrrhula]

Great shot with many great objects to watch.

[Junko Y]

There's something dramatically balanced about the dead plant and the dark clouds. I wonder -- are the roots also dead?

[Caterina]

@jyokota I don't know Junko. All the leaves are brown. We'll see if with tender loving care it will come back to life

[Junko Y]

@caterina I am terrible tending to plants and I haven't had any indoor plants or even outdoor ones I have to tend to in decades, almost never.The only ones I have depended on backyard rain or the underground sprinkler system. But @domenicododaro 's wife has started me with the idea of gardening so let's see how that goes. Maybe I can learn to impart tender loving care towards plants after all. Good luck with yours! (I hope that gigantic plant inside your house is ok??)

[Caterina]

@jyokota Yes, Junko! It has lost lots of leaves, but it's surviving

[Junko Y]

@caterina -- oh, phew -- it would have changed the character of your living room altogether if it were gone!

[sarah]

Dramatic