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I hope that you are all enjoying a peaceful, healthy and very happy holiday, whether you celebrate Christmas or not. Covid has given us another difficult year but I hope that, despite it, you and yours have a time full of magic and joy.
I’d also like to thank you for reading my blog posts and for commenting and chatting here. Your company has brightened my days and the warmth of the blogging community has cheered me at a time when it is difficult to visit family and friends. It is a joy to interact with you!
The flowers here are Dipladenia ‘Rio’, a climber that I grow in our conservatory. The colour feels festive and Christmassy, so appropriate for this time of year. I hope that you are feeling festive too!
Ann Mackay: Inspired by Nature 
Looking at them made me feel festive, they’re a wonderful red! In the conservatory do they actually flower at Christmas, like.. have you just taken the photos? Or you’ve held these pics aside for your Christmas post?
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These photos were taken a while ago but the plant did manage some flowers in November. (It’s had a bit of a difficult time with greenfly! Greenfly etc. can be a problem in the conservatory, so plants tend to get put outside when it’s warmer.) I do try to have some extra pics available for when there’s not much to photograph in the garden. I’m glad you’re feeling festive! 🙂
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one of the most beautiful in red – wish you also a peaceful transition of the year and maybe in 2022 the improvement of the virus situation…take good care of yourself and your loved ones
Werner
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Thank you Werner! I wish you, and your family and friends, the best of happiness and health for 2022. May it be peaceful and safe. And for all of us, I hope that the virus becomes less of a threat. Take care! 🙂
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That’s a splendid red! I held back my own Christmas berry post a bit to share on Christmas day; I think we both did well with that decision. I hope your day was wonderful, and that your conservatory provides you with more subjects for your wonderful photography through the winter.
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Thank you for the lovely comment! I’m looking forward to enjoying more of your posts through 2022. Hope you are having a very happy time over this holiday!
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Wow…stunning red! Wishing you a happy New Year, Ann!
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Happy New Year Indira! I hope that 2022 is a great year for you and your family and friends! 🙂
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Lovely photos Ann.
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Thanks Jude! I hope that you had a lovely Christmas Day. 🙂
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Certainly a vibrant festive red. I look forward to more of your flowers in the coming year.
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Thanks Jill! I look forward to being able to chat with you on both of our blogs through 2022. 🙂
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Me too 🙂
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A cheerful, festive color indeed, Ann. Thank you for the beautiful flowers and good wishes, which I would like to return.
I hope you are enjoying these last days of the waning year.
Tanja
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Thank you Tanja! I hope that you and yours have a wonderful New Year!
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Christmas always comes on the 5-to-the-2nd-power day of the month, and today happens to be the 3-to-the-3rd-power day of the month, and yes, that’s a saturated—but not a Saturdated—red.
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But it may have been Sundated, depending on time zones and my time of posting, hehe!
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Love the beautiful red flower! Very different from the traditional Poinsettias everywhere around here – some even have great big bushes of them blooming in their yard! I have not been so lucky. Hope your holiday is going great – ours has been lots of fun! Now trying to get organized for next year! Happy New Year!
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I’m glad you had lots of fun so far – hope you have more fun still to come. We have been very contented and relaxed here – feels really good. Happy New Year, Syd!
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What a beautiful flower, and colour. And thank heavens for our blogging buddies, I agree!
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Thank you Susan! I hope that you have a very happy New Year! 🙂
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Thank you Ann. I’m not much of a gardener (I blame my dodgy back and worn out trees!) but get a lot of vicarious pleasure from seeing what you achieve in your own back yard. Best wishes for the New Year (may your slugs be sleepy in 2022, or better still, away altogether and annoying someone else instead 🙂)
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Thank you for the excellent slug wishes! And here’s wishing you a ‘Guid New Year’! (Spellcheck doesn’t like Scots, hehe!) 🙂
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That is a sumptuous red, Ann. Made even richer with your high key treatment. I hope that you had a wonderful Christmas and lovely New Year’s day.
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Thanks Steve! We had a very relaxed Christmas – just what we needed! 🙂
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