Fuchsia magellanica is the scientific name for this flower,
I used to love this flower when I was a kid.My neighbor had a garden full of these and she used to pick some for me every now and then so I could play with them,pretending they were earings (In Portugal this flower is called "Princess earings").
I used to visit her almost every day,I loved her dogs to death,really she had the sweetest female dog I've ever met,she was called Linda.
Linda's son was like his mother,just as kind and affectionate but one day,he bit my face,I got lucky and only got a little scar,I could have lost an eye.
But still my love for that dog never died and it was painfull to hear the news about the death of mother and son.
I loved the older women from my street,they were always so lovable,probably because they were alone since their kids were all grown up and with their own families. I used to spend a lot of afternoons with them,I loved talking with them and listen to their stories and some of them used to give me tea and cookies!
How I miss the strawberry tea!
Those were times when people trusted each other, there were no dangers always looking,people weren't so greedy and malicious towards each others...or maybe it was just from my childish naive eyes...
