I'll stay with wvdawg's south Texas theme from within the last week...
E is for Erythrina herbacea (aka Coral Bean). Apparently it doesn't get top-killed by cold in south Texas like it does in south Georgia, because it is bigger & woodier down there.
Pinewood Racers ...... LOL, after cleaning out the garage, had some leftover scraps of wood and made some Pinewood Racers (or what we used to call them) for the neighbor kids. I thought they were going to turn themselves inside out, playing with them.