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What a glorious red!. No wonder this flower epitomizes Christmas – and all things cheerful and wonderful. Good wishes for a very happy new year! Virginia

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Comment on Happy Christmas to All! by Touch2Touch

January 2, 2014, 12:35 pm

Thanks, Virginia. Now I just need renewed energy to plunge back into blogging. From something more cheerful than a blizzard !!!!!!!! Oh, well, blizzard shmizzard, Happy New Year to you and yours!

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Comment on Happy Christmas to All! by 2e0mca

January 2, 2014, 2:18 pm

Best wishes to you Judith. One of my old friends, now sadly passed on, used to wish us the Condiments of the Seasoning In southern Africa Poinsettia’s can be found as trees though I assume they are...

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Comment on Happy Christmas to All! by Touch2Touch

January 3, 2014, 5:36 pm

That is a marvelous thing to be remembered for, having coined the Condiments of the Seasoning! Anything that creates a big smile — is grand. (I’ll have to look up and see if poinsettias grow as trees...

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Comment on Happy Christmas to All! by Pauline

January 3, 2014, 5:49 pm

Poinsettias are as close as I get to liking the color red… I love the pink ones. A bit of red would look lovely against the great sweep of snow outside my window. Happy New Year!

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Comment on Happy Christmas to All! by Touch2Touch

January 3, 2014, 5:54 pm

I reconcile myself to the snow by imagining you — in a heavy red sweater? well, probably not — striding out in your snowshoes! Happy New Year, Pauline, and Happy Winter!

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Comment on Spring in the Heart by Crowing Crone Joss

January 4, 2014, 10:01 am

just so – spring has returned before and will return again. You may not want to know that, here in Normandy, the daffodils are peeking out of the ground!

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Comment on Spring in the Heart by Touch2Touch

January 4, 2014, 11:45 am

My first thought was a quick No I don’t! But then I softened. Actually I can be quite happy knowing that somewhere the flowers are beginning again — and happier that it’s you who’s viewing them. Enjoy...

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Comment on Spring in the Heart by Pauline

January 4, 2014, 1:52 pm

When you remember that spring sets itself in motion in the fall, waiting through what remains of winter is not so hard. And I like your attitude toward Joss’ daffodils. It is good, indeed, to cherish...

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Comment on Spring in the Heart by Touch2Touch

January 4, 2014, 2:43 pm

“Spring sets itself in motion in the fall…” Very Japanese, when setting out a plant or a flower in the tokonoma alcove — it’s always ahead, predicting the coming season. So as we get well into...

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Comment on Spring in the Heart by colderweather

January 4, 2014, 2:51 pm

Beautiful post. Our Winter is very similar to yours. I like it, because I don’t have to shovel. I feel bad for all the people without power, though … all of Newfoundland! Only 74 days to Spring, I...

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Comment on Spring in the Heart by Touch2Touch

January 4, 2014, 4:22 pm

ALL of Newfoundland? Good grief! We’re lucky because despite the snow and the bitter bitter cold, there was no wind (although it was predicted) and no power outages. I feel like a Gilbert and Sullivan...

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