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Me too.

My largest plant bloomed in late summer of 2022 and I planted seed in late Spring of 2023. For the first time in over 20 years of trying to germinate this plant I got about 100 seedlings. They’re a year and half years old now. I need to separate them all and figure what to do with them. Most likely I’ll sell them.

Hello Kidsgran! Happy Christmas x

How lovely! That is a special thing and the memories all contained with the ornaments! I have some ornaments that I’ve had for about 36 years now, but I have bought almost every one of them. I love your unpacking of your working life. That is a lot of treasure!

Love Medinilla blooms.

Thank you friends. Xxx

So true Linda.

Thank you both.Amazingly it was only there for a short amount of time.

A friend gave me a very small plant last Christmas and we re-potted it. it's grown twice as big and has red ends to the top leaves. We keep it in the conservatory in the summer mostly in the shade and in the winter it goes on the kitchen window with plenty of light and some sunshine.,

Merry Christmas Julia. Another lovely painting!

Wow, it really is gorgeous Julia!

That is beautiful...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you as well Kidsgran.

Like Hywel, I use a free adblocker, so I don't see any ads at all.

The occasional out-of-place photo in the photo gallery or odd blog is a little annoying but I just flag those and move on.

The view to the hills from your front garden is wonderful. When it's bathed in that golden glow, it almost looks magical.

It is a spectacular building for a huge lath house. It felt really nice with the misters on also, as outside it was pretty warm Dec. 7th day, 83 degrees f (28 c).

We watched the opening ceremony of the refurbished and rebuilt Notre dame in Paris...the rose window was so spectacular and the vaulted ceiling.

That's very kind of you Rose..
I think it's more luck than judgement!

Thanks, Shirley, for the Christmas greetings & I, too, wish you a happy Christmas!

Your d-in-law's mum is a very clever lady!

Interesting that you have got them to root in water! Hope they adapt to the compost & grow away for you!

Thanks for the info, Shirley! Let's hope Dave has got it sorted now!

Very beautiful.

Thank you Bushberrnie.

Shirley_tulip, it's a 1000 piece puzzle. I like that size the best. I did 2000 earlier and will not try again. Yes, I did some American Indian puzzles before.

Julia, it is in French speaking province of Canada (Quebec)
The reference is the name to Virgin Mary. “Notre Dame” is French for “Our Lady” I believe other than that these two churches have no resemblance. Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal is known for for the unique stained-glass windows.
Apparently it is one of the most visited monuments in North America.I have never been in that part of Canada.

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Thank you Hywel no I have not got adblocker would it be ok to ask you which you use ? as there are so many to choose from .

They certainly are...so intense.They don't like to be overwatered...hardly at all.

Thank you so much Lindak and Rose..xx

Have you got an adblocker on your computer Kidsgran ? I've got two, they are totally free and I never see any ads, not on this site or any other.

Anyway, It's nice to hear from you, and Merry Christmas to you as well :)
You've got a lovely view from your garden ...

I can't believe how many plants and trees you have managed to get into your garden! Looks brilliant.

Happy Christmas Julia. Love the painting. xx

That's lovely Julia. Mine must be in the wrong spot as it doesn't look as good as yours.

Hi Shirley, yes it would after a couple of years. It is totally evergreen and is quite rampant once it gets going. I'm sure you could keep it in check though.
I give it a close haircut with my hedge trimmer as far as I can reach in late spring.
It does have similar seedheads to the tanguticas too.

Lovely seasonal plants aren't they.

Happy Christmas Meadowland....xx

Ha! Yes it's surprising how sometimes neglect seems to work.

At first I thought it was the French Notre Dame,Klahanie...it looks magnificent.

Klahanie, is this 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle? I imagine it was quite challenging as so many pieces of the same shade! I have just finished the Native American Indian jigsaw that I did last year, one I think you also have?

...and to you Shirley.Looking forward to a new gardening yearx

Thank you so much BB...it is quite old and has struggled in the past until I decided to ignore it a little. Sometimes too much attention doesn't always seem to pay off.

Impressive!

What a stunner!

Looking forward to seeing how it all develops. You'll be harvesting fruit in no time at all.

It certainly adds a burst of cheery colour to that corner.

All the hard work has certainly paid off. The roof is looking so good.

Thank you Klahanie and Season's Greetings to you and yours.

The garden spaces always perk up when the rain arrives at the start of our wet season. We're not sure yet what we're going to do with the fallen tree trunk. It is very dense wood and extremely heavy. We'll sit with that problem for a while.

Happy to cheer up your day a little.

You're welcome Shirley. Happy to share.

I hope so too Shirley! Although I know areas in the northern hemisphere experience typhoons and hurricanes, which are similar.

Fingers crossed. Thanks so much Shirley for checking in on everything. It sounds like Dave has done what's necessary.

Happy Christmas to you too, Joan!
Penny

Hi all you lovely people, I'm just popping on to say a big thank you for all your kind and thoughtful messages. I'm very touched.
Sending all of you my very best wishes, good health and have a lovely Christmas xxx

Your place looks so lush Bushbernie. We have also put our fallen trees from last weather "bomb" along our driveway .
There is always plenty of work around the garden is not it?

We are on the edge of winter season so garden work has slowed down. I am looking forward to see how your garden will flourish this year.
Merry Christmas to you and your family.

That's very cute!