What's blooming today?
I just wanted to take a moment and wish all of my visitors and blogging friends a very happy new year!
May your gardens thrive this year!
I wish you all health and happiness in the new year too!
I’d also like to thank you for visiting regularly and for those that participate in Green Thumb Sunday I’d like to thank you for your regular posts and helping to make GTS a very successful weekly meme. I hope that you all enjoy it and continue to visit and participate over the new year.
I took this photo at the beginning of October. It’s of my Holly bush.
The holly (really a male and female Prince and Princess Holly planted together) is planted in the back corner of my garden. I can’t say that it’s grown much in the four or so years that it’s been planted there, but it’s healthy and flowers then produces lovely red berries each Autumn. I think the holly has only grown about half a foot since I planted it. At this rate it will take 20 years to reach a decent height!
Looking out into the garden from my kitchen window I can see that there are still red berries on the Holly. I guess the birds haven’t eaten all of them yet. Perhaps I’ll bring the camera outside later and take a photo of the Holly with a little snow on it.
I hope that everyone has been enjoying the holiday season and I wish you a Happy New Year!
Ok, so tell me … Did anyone get engaged today? It is Valentines after all and I believe that this date, and New Years are the two most popular days for popping the big question.
No, I didn’t get engaged. Uh huh. Nope, back when I got engaged – 13 years ago, it was New Years Eve. I didn’t even get an Engagement Diamond Ring that evening since we were both jewelers at the time. Yes, believe it or not I had a rare disorder known as “Jewelry burnout”. I bet that you don’t even know anyone else who has that disorder do you?
I still don’t have an engagement ring. Maybe it’s time to get one, although I have no idea what would go with my custom made concave diamond and emerald wedding band.
Hmmm let’s see. If I was going to get a Diamond ring I think that I might like one like this Diamond and sapphire engagement ring, but I’d see if I could substitute the sapphires for emeralds so that it would go with my wedding band.
Which engagement ring would you chose if you were looking?