The Fiddle-leaf fig growing in a large pot outside our front door is known by botanists as Ficus lira. It’s a native to the area in Africa between Cameroon and Sierra Leone.  Our ficus is growing again this year in San Diego exactly the way it has added to it’s height every year. Out of the top tips of last year’s new growth small buds have appeared and are growing fast.  They remind me of the rapid growth of two hummingbird chicks that began life in a tiny nest a few feet away from the ficus. That’s life. Life is good.