Happy Christmas Everyone!
Laura took this photo a few days ago of the flowers that she has planted around this place, and I thought that I would spread a bit of Christmas Cheer and some summer warmth by putting it on the blog today!
Laura's little hands seem to have been at work everywhere outside.
If I take the time to open my eyes, and to be still....
.. and try not to get grumpy if I have to bend under low branches and struggle past big thorny things...
I find treasure and delight all around...
We won't be having snow this Christmas..., but these flowers are like little snow flakes!
.. and this flower looks like a cake with yummy pink icing....!
Happy Christmas Everyone! Special hugs and greetings to family and friends in distant lands!
From Peter, Laura, Nigella Stopit, and Ginger
Comments
A bit of colour to keep us going!
Merry Christmas to you and all your family!
Happy Happy Christmas to you and Laura and the kitty critters! Hope Santa is good to each one of you!
Hoping you, Laura and kitties have just the best Christmas ever.
Hugs are on the way.
Thank you for your comments, and Happy Christmas to you too! Glad that the flowers can spread some colour and the promise of summers to come to those of you who are currently in the middle of winter xx.
Patti, we're looking forward to those hugs, bless you and we'll send some in your direction too!
Welcome to my site, Cat, good to hear from you.
Who knows, with jumps in technology in decades to come, we might be able to send real sunshine northwards along with the pictures!
P xx
I still have the chesty cough and discusting mucous lol but the balance seems to have sorted its self. Doc thinks there is some thing going on with my heart but not sure what ....the ECG showed up an anomoly and they are sending it to a consultant ... ...just unusal .... they are confident that it is nothing major !!!! but to finish off the happy news they have found that I am diabetic and may have been for a while (I missed a couple of checkups for which I was scolded.) ....great when the house is full of goodies. To be honest i am ignoring it in the main til after Xmas ....if I have had it for a while ,whats another few days.
Thanks for letting me enjoy your life and times from the other side of the world ...Happy Christmas to you all xxxxxx
Just caught your comment coming in, you must be glued to the glowing screen at the same time as me! Glad to send you a ray of sunshine, as I know you are having a tough time up there with your health. Chest infections are never fun (I used to have them annually when I was in the UK), and you have all those other things on top of that now. We do hope that you are able to keep warm and have family and friends looking in on you. Big Hugs, P & L xx
Hi Christine,
You're at the glowing screen too! I'd love it if we finally manage to get to your side of the world this coming year... The ears are improving!! Happy Chrismas to you all P & L xx
... reminds me of the song with the words: 'You light up my life, and give me strength to carry on'.
... and that applies to The Reason for the Season for a billion people worldwide too.
Happy Christmas!
Quite right about keeping the best flower 'till last, we like old roses here!! Happy Christmas to you too!
Welcome Yule!
Good for the petunias! I'm glad that they are trying to bring you flowers at Christmas. Being calibrated as I am in centigrade, I would agree that mid 50s is very warm (those poor fish will be cooking!!). I guess that you'd be at about 12 Centigrade, which is quite nice, and only about 2 degrees lower than what we had on some rather un-summery summer days recently! Much hotter today though.
P :)
It's after 9 a.m. as I write this; the temperature has finally risen to the freezing point! Ah, New Zealand at Christmas!
Those are GORGEOUS flowers.
Your header photo is wonderful. I've been away too long; you've probably had it up for ages.
No snow here too, I was busy making the Yule log, this afternoon.
Best wishes to all
Happy Christmas! P, L, NS & G xx
Best wishes to all under your roof for a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
How lovely to hear from you. It is really nice that you were able to catch a glimpse of New Zealand all the way from Arkansas! When I was a painter, most of my landscapes were painted at the side of the road; there was no shortage of beautiful things to paint. Certainly it would be splendid to have enough strength and stamina to do one of the really big walks, but there is still a feast of good things for those of us who can't get that far.
Kind thoughts to you too, and I hope that you soon see the first signs of Spring in the garden.
Happy New Year!
That's nice, Happy New Year to you, with better health, lots of warmth, and good fun too. xx