my 20 year old hibiscus

Not satisfied with the slightly out of focus photo of this blossom previously posted in los flores...but this was taken of my old hibiscus tree that perished from the cold last winter. I may never nurture another one to such a great old treelike stature so may not ever get a chance to capture the amazing and prolific unfolding of such a mature flower. Well... perhaps I shall travel to some distant tropical climate one day and have my fill of abundant hibiscus flowers.
It probably wouldn't seem so special if they were common as dandelions. Anyway, I digress...I put this bloom slightly more out of focus and now I like it better. It is too bad I didn't have a better grasp of how to shoot macro with this camera...this is coming along however slowly...many mistakes and some fine shots blown, but hey...this is the first day of the rest of my life!