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Rose has begun Christmas decorations.
Every year is a different color scheme.
I said to her this scheme has a Easter feel.
I do like it!View attachment 311067

ROSE!!!!! This is SOOOOO beautiful!
When you are done can you fix my place??
My tree alone looks like a hooker exploded!
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iIn case anyone missed it, Card Exchange 2020 has been launched.

If you want to take part, please Message @Yvonne G or post in this thread and tag her. She will add you to a Message that all participants are in where you can share your address. Please do not post your address in the CDR where anyone can see it.
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I looked up the posting dates for things to arrive by Christmas. Obviously the likelihood of it arriving is dependent om the postal service efficiency in at least two countries which means some cards take a lot longer than others. Previous experience suggests that the snails taking cards to Morocco and South Africa are super slow and we should have probably posted cards there in March. Carol and Adam are used to celebrating Christmas late :D
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They’re beautiful, but so early!
It is early here in most places. In the Philippines many start decorating when the months of the year end in ber.
So that means Sept. All her family have had their trees decorated since Sept.
Rose keeps getting earlier and earlier each year. The earliest will be beginning of November. I hope!??????
 

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Windy, breezy, chilly but sunny start to our Sunday. No kayaking today. Rain forecast for later this afternoon, this means a lot of rapid leaf raking/blowing & trimming of gnarly annuals & rose bushes. Picked a few loofahs and drying those.

We bought a few garlic gloves the other day. I peeled the dry outer skin a bit, and placed in a bit of water, just enough to cover where the roots would sprout. Now, just a few days later, sprouts & roots. I’ll get these planted hopefully this afternoon.

The Start
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It is early here in most places. In the Philippines many start decorating when the months of the year end in ber.
So that means Sept. All her family have had their trees decorated since Sept.
Rose keeps getting earlier and earlier each year. The earliest will be beginning of November. I hope!??????

No way...since September? She skipped Halloween & Guy Fawkes night and Thanksgiving? And went right to xmas? Interesting.
 

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No way...since September? She skipped Halloween & Guy Fawkes night and Thanksgiving? And went right to xmas? Interesting.
Yep,that's how it was done in the Philippines. They don't celebrate Halloween much. What they do on that day. Is go to the cemetery where their loved ones are. They set up canopy tents, tables, chairs and bring food and bbq. Then they party all night and also sleep at the cemetery over night.
 

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Rose has begun Christmas decorations.
Every year is a different color scheme.
I said to her this scheme has a Easter feel.
I do like it!View attachment 311067
That's beautiful... but she's late ? I've been in the mood àll year. As much as I want time to slow down, 2020 needs to go away.?
 

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Windy, breezy, chilly but sunny start to our Sunday. No kayaking today. Rain forecast for later this afternoon, this means a lot of rapid leaf raking/blowing & trimming of gnarly annuals & rose bushes. Picked a few loofahs and drying those.

We bought a few garlic gloves the other day. I peeled the dry outer skin a bit, and placed in a bit of water, just enough to cover where the roots would sprout. Now, just a few days later, sprouts & roots. I’ll get these planted hopefully this afternoon.

The Start
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I have grown garlic that way too :)
 

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Well all caught up. Mark please can you show me your loofah plant and the loofah you are drying out. I bought some loofah seeds again and want to try growing them again. Hopefully this time round they will do better.

My nephews party was a success and I think all the little kiddies had a ball. It was zip line party. And that was Saturday over.

Then Sunday was working in the complex garden and mowing the lawn outside by the gate. Looks much neater now, but very dry. And then I worked in my garden and took the promised photo's of the torts. I must still get a nice photo of Kahli. She has grown a lot since I got her 4 months ago. But still does not want to come to me.

Oh wait, I forgot to mention that while snipping the poor man's lavender in the complex garden I almost snipped this little chameleon. But saw it in time and transferred it to the bigger tree so that it was not so close to the ground. I really hope that it survives and that nothing happens to it.

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Have an awesome Monday everyone.
 
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Well all caught up. Mark please can you show me your loofah plant and the loofah you are drying out. I bought some loofah seeds again and want to try growing them again. Hopefully this time round they will do better.

My nephews party was a success and I think all the little kiddies had a ball. It was zip line party. And that was Saturday over.

Then Sunday was working in the complex garden and mowing the lawn outside by the gate. Looks much neater now, but very dry. And then I worked in my garden and took the promised photo's of the torts. I must still get a nice photo of Kahli. She has grown a lot since I got her 4 months ago. But still does not want to come to me.

Oh wait, I forgot to mention that while snipping the poor man's lavender in the complex garden I almost snipped this little chameleon. But saw it in time and transferred it to the bigger tree so that it was not so close to the ground. I really hope that it survives and that nothing happens to it.

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Have an awesome Monday everyone.

Ok, here are two pix of the loofah gourds hanging down on their vines. They are good climbers. I’ll get a pix of the one I picked, cleaned up & dried.

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