The last time we went food shopping, O/H put this poinsettia in my shopping trolley just for me. I love it. The bright red leaves come out a bit more every day. Red is my favourite colour.
Hello Bonnie. Thank you for your comment. Yes I like them too especially when the weather outside is so cold, grey and damp. This one seems to be getting better and better.
With the right conditions they will last until another year. They need 12 hours of darkness from October onwards (here) to produce the bright red leaves apparently. Do they produce those bright leaves when grown outside?
I love the Poinsettia from the end of November till January 2nd. Then their time is up. That red color is the best, Molly, and almost puts me in the Christmas mood.
It's a photo of 'The Goblin Lane,' We went for a walk up there a few days ago. O/H is diabetic and in trouble with his blood sugar so we try to go on these walks when we can
Hello Annie, thank you. It's a walkway quite close to where we live. You go up the single track tarmac road, head right and then come to this beautiful lane along by the stream. It brings you out on to another single track road which leads back home so you actually walk around in a circle.
"O/H put this poinsettia in my shopping trolley just for me." Forgive me for 'having a bit of a chuckle' here, but I read that as 'he' put it in 'my' shopping trolley. :O Good old O/H - so you ended up buying it for yourself. I'm sure his heart is in the right place and as they say "It's the thought that counts". {Hugs}......Bernard xx
Hiya Bernard ..... he's a true gentleman - I shop and he pays and then we go for fish and chips in the cafe (he pays) so good all round. Have a good week x
I'm sure he is. Fish & chips? He certainly sounds like a true gentleman. I'm not usually a avid reader of the Daily Fail but you may just like this? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2515436/The-best-things-life-free-How-cuddles-country-walks-saying-I-love-everyday-pleasures.html Best things in life are free - but me, being single, seem to miss out on most of them. :( Take care... B x
Bernard your last sentence made me feel a bit sad - 'You've got a friend' as the song says - in fact there's blooming hundreds of us. Big hug from me x
A cheerful sign of the season.
ReplyDelete.... and doesn't break the bank. So many Christmassy things are so expensive
DeleteRed is the best color ever.
ReplyDeleteEspecially this time of the year.
DeleteSo beautiful.
ReplyDeleteHello Bonnie. Thank you for your comment. Yes I like them too especially when the weather outside is so cold, grey and damp. This one seems to be getting better and better.
DeleteWhat a lovely colour that is Molly - when I came to new Zealand I was surprised to find that poinsettias grow as shrubs outside here.
ReplyDeleteWith the right conditions they will last until another year. They need 12 hours of darkness from October onwards (here) to produce the bright red leaves apparently. Do they produce those bright leaves when grown outside?
DeleteI love the Poinsettia from the end of November till January 2nd. Then their time is up. That red color is the best, Molly, and almost puts me in the Christmas mood.
ReplyDeleteI prefer the red ones to the pink too
DeleteI'm not terribly keen on Poinsettias, but your new header photo is totally GLORIOUS.
ReplyDeleteIt's a photo of 'The Goblin Lane,' We went for a walk up there a few days ago. O/H is diabetic and in trouble with his blood sugar so we try to go on these walks when we can
DeleteI love your new header photo. X Annie
ReplyDeleteHello Annie, thank you. It's a walkway quite close to where we live. You go up the single track tarmac road, head right and then come to this beautiful lane along by the stream. It brings you out on to another single track road which leads back home so you actually walk around in a circle.
DeleteThis is very beautiful. How nice of O/'H :)
ReplyDeleteThank you. I thought it was nice of him too.
DeleteGorgeous, Molly. I really need that splash of vivid colour on this cold, grey afternoon.
ReplyDeleteYes, It brightens my day up quite a lot.
DeleteIt's gorgeous, I think I'll get one to plant in my garden, I don't think there is one anywhere in the whole complex.
ReplyDeleteYes, I think so too
ReplyDeleteI meant to add as well, that like Sue said, they grow well in your part of the world. I think it would look really nice.
Delete"O/H put this poinsettia in my shopping trolley just for me."
ReplyDeleteForgive me for 'having a bit of a chuckle' here, but I read that as 'he' put it in 'my' shopping trolley. :O
Good old O/H - so you ended up buying it for yourself.
I'm sure his heart is in the right place and as they say "It's the thought that counts".
{Hugs}......Bernard xx
Hiya Bernard ..... he's a true gentleman - I shop and he pays and then we go for fish and chips in the cafe (he pays) so good all round. Have a good week x
ReplyDeleteI'm sure he is. Fish & chips? He certainly sounds like a true gentleman.
DeleteI'm not usually a avid reader of the Daily Fail but you may just like this?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2515436/The-best-things-life-free-How-cuddles-country-walks-saying-I-love-everyday-pleasures.html
Best things in life are free - but me, being single, seem to miss out on most of them. :(
Take care... B x
Bernard your last sentence made me feel a bit sad - 'You've got a friend' as the song says - in fact there's blooming hundreds of us. Big hug from me x
ReplyDeleteEvery year for Christmas I buy myself a poinsettia. I know it’ll be gone by early January, but it does brighten up the house.
ReplyDeleteNice chap, your old man.