HOHOHO...ONLY SIX TO GO

Good Morning All

Your little flowers just keep blooming. Beautiful!

Morning all!
Coffee's on, Smiley wakey wakey eggs & bakey!

I'm up! I'm up!! Wandering around the threads...

Venice, I love all your stuff. Those candlesticks are great, as is everything in your photos. I wish I had one of those ceramic trees, they're so retro! And I love the kitties.

Everyone have a great day. Thanks for the countdown, Moon!

Morning all! Moon the flower is beautiful...Lynnie hope you are feeling better this a.m. I'm still all stuffed up,but going. Smiley how's it goig girl? Pass me a cup! Pouring rain over here,yet again. I'm going to start leaving for work in a boat.

Good Morning , this is your Christmas present, I'm up at this time of morning lol. Hey Moon what is that flower, looks like maybe a white rose. Smilely baskets look great and you worked so hard on the yummies and they turned out beautiful GREAT JOB! Venice your decorations are awsome, love the ceramic tree too and the touch of the kittys next to beautiful candle sticks! Rachael glad you, Trina, and Dave popped in haven't heard from yall in a while. Joy Got snow yet??? Dixie call in sick today, I'll vouch for ya!!

And Lynnie I'll take my over easy please! How ya doing girl?

Still dark here and on second cup of coffee, I must be sick lol. Ok catch up later, going to hit the covers till house warms up. Its sleeting here and soon snow to begin Yipeee, yall bring your sled and we will have some fun, I've got the hill for it!

WEEEEEE, Got head wrapped up and ready to slide. Bottle of Nyquil in coat pocket. (FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES)......of course. Grin

Venice can be our DD if we can keep her out of our Nyquil bottle LOL. Get the poos dressed in boots and bows we are going for a sleigh ride of a lifetime Dixie!

Moon you keep score of how many trees we hit and what they are LOL

LOL.....Moon keep the bat fired up you may have to pull EMT duty as well! Grin

Well,gotta get rolling. Every one have a safe day! Talk to all later. Lynnie you must be at the gym....Work it girl..I can feel the burn! Thanks,dont know what I'd do with out my morning work out!

Hello Hello....it is way to wet to play in the snow...get your your mittens, Venice, cute kittens. Coffee on to brew, Dixie checking on the Poos,BAT is warmed up and ready to fly.....as for the trees, Flowers please pass them by...Smiley is grinnin' and Lynnie is gymin' and JJ no where to be found...have a great day where ever you're bound....

More coffee please....grin The flower is a tabernaemontana divaricata....and that is probably its' last bloom for the year...temps Saturday night down to 32 or slightly lower...gonna play heck with all my flowers.

What's the A.K.A. on that flower, Moon?

Got about an inch of snow now and just started an hour ago. Think this is gonna be the big one! Might need a bat rescue before its said and done lol.

Hey Smiley. AKA Crepe Jasmine http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.about-garden.com/images_data/1918-tabernaemontana-divaricata-flore-pleno.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/1918-tabernaemontana-divaricata-flore-pleno-crepe-jasmine/&h=208&w=210&sz=10&tbnid=J_Qcn5W4XR7yzM:&tbnh=105&tbnw=106&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtabernaemontana%2Bdivaricata&usg=__VbLYvpgz02oBh_GIUPbEF3wlrVY=&ei=AYsrS_ujM9ywtgep6PGNCQ&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=8&ct=image&ved=0CBoQ9QEwBw

The BAT is waiting...just holler...grin of course if it snows too much, you won't be able to see the BAT...grin

Hello just popped in to say I think I'm alive...vedicts not in yet.
Dillon got the flu about midnight Wednesday and of course I got it about 2am.

Now husband has it. I still have a terrible headache and of course being 3 Dillon is whiny.

Going to go back an lay down now.

Take care and rest , JJ. Had a funny feeling you might not be feeling up to snuff. Good thoughts to ya...hope ya feel better soon.




(Don't know why this showed up twice...must be cuz you are so nice I had to say it twice...grin)

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Take care and rest , JJ. Had a funny feeling you might not be feeling up to snuff. Good thoughts to ya...hope ya feel better soon.sending ya a big bouquet. (or I am just losing the rest of my mind...LOL)

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Flowers, you must be getting the overflow of snow from VA. I heard that Roanoke VA is to get 12 inches!!!! Poor Rachel!!!

Moon, those flowers are absolutely beautiful!!!! Wow!

Here is a daylight photo of the brass candlestick so you can see them better.

Hi Venice. I love your GW candlestick collection. They are so elegant and shiny...

Thanks! I really like them too. As soon as I shine up my bells on my door knob, I will take a photo of them.

It is so funny, I never thought as my ceramic Christmas tree as retro. I guess it has been long enough that they are! At GW you can see a top in white or green but not the bottom. I guess most people have broken theirs.

Hi everyone,hope you're all having a good day so far,sorry I didn't get chance to chat yesterday,it was just one of those days when I seemed to run from one thing to another.
We had a light fall of snow yesterday afternoon and a little more in the evening.Then it's frozen,so the paths are very slippery.It's 25f now at 5.15,so feeling a lot colder than it's been so far since last winter.
Venice,I like your candlesticks and I've looked at your ceramic Christmas tree photo on the last thread,I think it's lovely,I've not seen one like it before,I'm sure.
Moon,that's a pretty flowering plant,is it a Hydrangea?,if so i've 2 in my garden,but they're certainly not in bloom at present :}
JJ,I hope you ,DH and little grandson get better soon.
Back in a short while
Joy

That flower is Tabernaemontana divaricata 'Flore Pleno', Double Crepe-Gardenia / Fleur-D'Amour.
It looks very similar to a Gardenia bush, but is quite poisonous!

Dave,hello,thanks for that info,Gardenias are beautiful plants.What's the weather like in your part of the world?Is it lizard friendly?

Afternoon all.

JJ, I hope your household feels better soon.

Venice, those candlesticks look even prettier in the daylight. I didn't consider the 70's retro either, until my kids kept mentioning it. Why, that was just yesterday...

Hi again Moon. Flowers must have gone back to bed. Or maybe shoveling?

How's the weather in Hawaii, Dave?? If you have some sunshine and warmth to spare, can you send it to us mainlanders?

Hi Joy! How are you & your family doing? Dad's doing good, I hope.

Your gypsy package should be arriving anytime, I would think. It left the US on December 13th, only 5 days after it was posted. They just want to confirm what everyone already knows: snail mail.

The day is flying by, see everyone later. Stay warm & dry!

Hi Smiley,yes my family are all ok,thankyou ,including my dad,who seems about back to his normal self now.
As soon as my package arrives,I'll let you know,I can't wait :},although not sure if it being almost Christmas,may slow it down.
keep having a good day,just past 6pm here already!!Sons now finished school for holidays.
Talk later
Joy

Afternoon all,
Thanks for all the well wishes. Starting to feel better oldest GS back at school and youngest full of pep.. sigh.. so they are better.

Both are going home late this afternoon so maybe I can get things back together and DH can come out of the BR.
DH says he has to plow snow as it is snowing out but I told him the pull-ups I have won't fit so he better stay in bed next to bathroom...I am sooo mean.

Lynnie you have been over doing my cardio think I lost 5 pounds last two days..lol

Moon the flowers are beautiful thank you, can almost smell them

Got to go tend to the flock catch you all later.

Hi JJ,glad you feel better just don't go and overdo anything and tire yourself out.Typical of children,ill one minute recovered the next.Take care all of you.:}

The weather is still "lizard friendly" but they are not as active as when it is hot.

That's same as my Tortoise,he dashes about when it's hot and sunny outside.Although he's quite lively indoors when the heating's on.We''ve a temp of 25 degrees here tonight and it's only 7pm,so may get cooler later.
Like that picture,are they all furns in the front of the photo? and what type are the trees?

Hi Joy! Those are palms & bananas in the foreground of the photo.

The trees are Hawaiian 'Ohi'a, Metrosideros polymorpha.

Here are 'Ohi'a trees in bloom.

Dave,thanks for photo,the blossoms on the 'Ohi' a trees look as though they'd feel like feathers to the touch.They're a lovely colour.Metrosideros ......is that why you chose the name for you on DG?I'll remember palms and Bananas,not Ferns :}

Hello Joy. Hiya Dave....Hey Smiley...hang in it is Friday....grin JJ...how come Grandmas and moms only get 12 hours to fight a 24 hour bug??? Feel well soon.

The sun is shining here....ssssshhh....don't want the clouds to notice and return......we have gotten close to 13 inches of rain in the past two weeks plus all we got for the month. going to get colder tonight....what a trade off..grin

Pretty pics Dave.

Thanks Joy and JJ, I just wish the hydranges were blooming now...photo from last year.

Hi Moon,yes,glad it's Friday.School's done now for the holidays:}
That's an awful lot of rain you've had!!,so glad you've sun today:},as i said,it's cold here tonight too,but lovely ,clear and starry.

Sounds like a near perfect winter night. Know the boys are looking forward to their holiday. My tiny grands in Australia are going to the Sunshine coast for three days this weekend. The oldest loves hotels, he is 4.

Oldest GSJordan has 2 half days for exams left. His holiday starts Wednesday the 23rd and goes through the day after Twelfth Night. He is so pleased because his Algebra2 course will be over and no math until next Fall. I will be glad for no math also...grin

Hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Yes,only younger son does maths still,older one took exam for it at age 16 and then didn't choose to study it further.I've never been able to master maths and won't bother trying to now.DH helps Will:}
Thats so sweet a four year old loving to stay in hotels:}he'll find it an exciting adventure.
You have a good weekend too,I'll probably be on to chat from time to time.
Take care
Joy