Merry Christmas to all. Hoping you have a wonderful one and much joy to you and your families.
The photo below is of a Poinsettia tree growing naturally a long way from my home in the city of Mackay in Queensland. I had never seen Poinsettias growing like this. The tree has been removed as I noticed it was gone the last time we stayed there a few years back.
The above photo was taken at Swansea here in Tasmania, Australia on the East Coast.
The photo below is of the old restored flour mill at Oatlands here in Tasmania where I was born. The mill is now a Whiskey distillery. Callington Mill had an illegal whisky distillery in 1837.
The photo below is of the Tamar River in the city where I live, Launceston, there is a walkway beside the river for a little way.
Love that windmill picture! I do not think I have ever seen a poinsettia tree either, very interesting.
ReplyDeleteThe poinsettia is enormous and the windmill is so beautiful. Wonderful photos, how incredible the reflection of the sky in the water in the last photo.
ReplyDeleteDear friend, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year full of all good things.
Christmas hugs from Maria
Mai vista una stella di Natale così grande, che meraviglia.
ReplyDeleteE anche il mulino è bellissimo, non ne ho mai mai visto uno così.
Buon Natale, ti auguro delle giornate serene in famiglia
Merry Christmas, Margaret. All the best.
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That flour mill looks really beautiful! Merry Christmas, Margaret.
ReplyDeleteOh nooo...why would they remove it? It was beautiful!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas!
hugs
Donna
That's a very big poinsettia you're showing in the picture. I've never seen such a big poinsettia before.
ReplyDeleteI wish you a very Merry Christmas, Margaret!
I've never seen them grow like that either. Though it does make sense, now that I see it.
ReplyDeleteWishing you a fun holiday and new year.
Beautiful photos, Margaret. Merry Christmas 🎄 to you, dear friend 🧡
ReplyDeleteYour reflections beautifully link place and memory, from the unexpected poinsettia in coastal Tasmania to the layered history of Callington Mill and the quiet continuity of the Tamar River where past and present meet
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos. Happy holidays and peace and happiness to all.
ReplyDeleteBest regards.
That's a nice little collection of photos. The poinsettia looks to have bare stems, and I think it looks better in pots.
ReplyDeleteAnd a Merry and Holy Christmas to you and the family.
ReplyDeleteI will be watching as usual the Midnight Mass from the Vatican
and see who is sitting where I shouldn't have been - BUT NOT STOPPED
when I went to Mass there for the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul.
You have no idea how holy I can look and how fast I got out after a precession
with amazed Cardinals - I was expecting a grab by a member of the Swiss
guards.
I then somehow managed to find myself at the Trevi fountain - coin throwing
a la the Movie - "Three Coins in the fountain" - Oh funny memories.
Cheers
Colin or is that St. Colin of Trevi-Terrigal?????
A lovely collection of photographs.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas Wishes.
All the best Jan
My daughter's neighbour has a poinsettia tree growing close to the fence and some branches hang over so she gets to seethe flowers. It looks more like a proper tree, not the bare stems in your picture.
ReplyDeletePoinsettias grow best in warm weather, so if we want to grow it in our Melbourne gardens, it is best to prevent the winter wind and rain. Winter might ruin the otherwise beautiful plant.
ReplyDeleteSmart Melbourne gardeners plant the poinsettias in pots to move to where they are exposed to the sunshine.