Thursday, November 29, 2018

Take Three Thursday - Pretty Holidays

Good News - the postal strike is over or at least diminished - the workers have been legislated back to work - so that means a weekend of card making!


This week my three are from the Patio Vault, foretelling of the season to come - Christmas.  One of my four favourite celebrations.




Please have a peek at what others are noticing this week - to name a few:

Karen with her beautiful cards & tags: Random Reflections
Maggie with lots of birthday celebrations: Farmer's Wife Day By Day  
Miss Wookie with interesting & pretty flowers: Mrs Wookies Wanderings 
Eileen with some renovations & adventures in a cloakroom: Bracelet of Days
Ruth with amazing scrap pages & wanders about London: This West London Life 

16 comments:

  1. What lovely shrubs, and that middle image is perfectly composed.

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    1. Thank you Ruth. It was a hard one to get without anyone lurking about (col).

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  2. Wow, that is spectacular! How big does it grow and what's it called please?

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    1. All three are Poinsettias & all grown indoors. A relative of mine in Florida has one growing outside that's as big as the first photo. I think 5-6 feet high & as a wide, but all mine have been potted plants which I toss by Easter.

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  3. Those 'trees' are lovely - I like seeing such colourful displays.

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    1. I've been noticing some growing as "standards" long stem/trunk with the flowering & coloured bits as a mop top.

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  4. The colours of that foliage - wow!
    Pleased to hear the post is returning to work - better get going with those cards now!

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    1. All stamps & inks at the ready as is my Big Shot die cutting tool ... now to get some jube jubes for energy.

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  5. Poinsettia trees! How lovely. They take so many plants, and I never see them as displays around here. Thanks for these :)

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    1. You are most welcome. I've only ever seen a natural growing one in Florida at a relatives & as a single plant it was huge. I've taken photos, must dig those out. I know they are native to Mexico & almost grow wild there.

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  6. Those poinsettia trees are stunning! I saw my first one a few years ago at the Chicago Botanic Garden. I don't think there's one anywhere here.

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    1. Thanks Karen, all three are taken at the RBG in Burlington, ON. We have a green house not too far from us that becomes knows as Poinsettiaville in December, reds, pinks, whites, burgundies; solids or striped & now even blue.

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  7. Oh my - what glorious flowers - and such fun blogs to visit - thanks so much for sharing.

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  8. I went to the Garden Centre today and their Christmas displays were gorgeous - I could have spent a fortune! But just got some bulbs to plant for Spring.

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    1. I so enjoy wandering the greenhouses with all their floral Christmas themed arrangements. Ah thinking of spring ...

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