The Flower Thieves

Plumeria Flower

Our neighbors across the street, Bob and Maria, have a spectacular Plumaria bush in their yard.

The flowers are gorgeous; so perfect they almost look like they're made of wax.  The aroma of the masses of flowers is stunning.  It's so distracting it's hard to pay attention to anything else when you're near these beautiful flowers.

What's Missing?  Flowers!

The problem, as you can see from this picture of the bush, is that so many people who pass by the bush feel they just must take some of the flowers home with them.  The result is that the middle section of the bush is almost barren of flowers.

We've seen women pushing strollers or people walking dogs stop and pick flowers off the bush.  Bob says he came around the corner one day and found a woman ripping a branch off the bush; she jumped into a waiting car and burned rubber in her haste to leave.

I guess you just don't expect to have to make a Bonnie and Clyde type getaway when you're picking flowers... unless they're not your flowers.