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Last Wednesday, the hand writing was on the wall, tho it was
hard to believe. We have not even had a frost yet but the weather people were
telling us it was going to be down in the 20s by Saturday morning! Really????
The yard was beautiful. Several camellias were in full serious bloom. These are
huge camellias now, well over 15 feet, a couple over 20 feet tall and diameters
on some of them of over 10 feet. Many of them have been trimmed back for years.
For the first time ever, Hoover
decided to follow me around the yard close enough that she was not hidden. Her
coloring makes for a perfect natural camouflage. She has always followed me
around but has managed to stay out of sight. But not now… perhaps because her
buddy Spook is gone so she is lonesome.
Anyway, I thought you might enjoy
seeing the flowers from Wednesday that are now drooping in the cold, the ground
covered in red, pink and purple petals. I have never seen Yule Tide look this
good. It is huge. It was a first Christmas-in-my-new-house gift from Sabra when
I moved in- 1987, I think. It has been moved twice. Yule Tide is not a thick
bush, but tall with a 10 foot diameter. The flowers are small but the red color
is rich.
My “birthday” camellias have filled
the bushes. I have one on each side of the house. 
Several pink camellias are in
bloom. These are some of the fall azaleas out by the street. These flowers are
large for azaleas, the spring only variety being much smaller. 
This is only a fraction of what is
in bloom here now. And, as usual, Blogger will not allow me to place them where I want them... so, sorry for such a sloppy looking post. Enjoy the flowers anyway!!!!!
1 comment:
Agreed that blogger can be a real pain and many times, I have to redo a layout to make the photos display correctly. The yule colors are beautiful. We had heard that the ES was getting some colder temps. It’s the same here in Nashua, NH but ni sniw (yet). Glad for the goid news on Ralph’s big win.
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