SEASONAL GREETINGS 2008-2009

[Jim McKenney]

Happy New Year's greetings from Montgomery County, Maryland, USA.

My garden is being good to me right now. In the attached image you can see Galanthus elwesii, Jasminum nudiflorum, Helleborus foetidus and a bud of one of the garden hellebores, Hamamelis 'Jelena' and H. 'Feuerzauber', Chimonanthus praecox 'Luteus', and of course Iris unguicularis. There is foliage of Arum italicum, Scarcococca humilis, Danaë racemosa and Hedera helix.

Crocus ochroleucus is still blooming in one of the cold frames, and the little white-flowered hoop petticoat daffodils are about to start in the protected frame. Out in the open garden, the first flowers of Camellia japonica are opening.

Let's hope this comparatively abundant early showing is a harbinger for the rest of the year!

[Maggi Young]

Jim, how lovely!
Here is your bouquet, resized to show all at once...
   


I am envious of the Iris and the Hamamelis are late here......... I couldn't make the same display here, so I appreciate yours all the more, thank you!

[Jim McKenney]

Thanks, Maggi

When do you sleep? 

[Lesley Cox]

A truly lovely bouquet Jim. I hope it is just the start of a great floral winter/spring season for you. It seems from our news broadcasts that many parts of the USA are having an almost brutal winter so far. Hopefully it will get better soon.

[Anthony Darby]

Thanks, Maggi

When do you sleep? 

11.15 p.m. is not late; certainly not for Maggi. People are rarely in bed before 11 p.m. in the UK.

[David Shaw]

I needed to pm Maggie the other morning and noted that her profile showed that she had last been active, on the forum, after 2am!
Not sure that I agree with Anthony though, many are the nights that I don't see 11pm zzzzzzzzz

[Maggi Young]

I'm not sure whether I am an insomniac

                   
or one of the undead....

     

 I don't sleep as much as I'd like to, that's for sure! The BD is a different sort altogether... if he's awake later than 10.30pm he feels very badly done by!

[Anthony Darby]

I'm not sure whether I am an insomniac or one of the undead.... I don't sleep as much as I'd like to, that's for sure!

I wouldn't lose any sleep over it Maggi.

[Anthony Darby]

Now here's a good idea.

[Lesley Cox]

It is indeed, an excellent idea. I'm happy to pay for his drinks - so long as he'll pay for the shopping!