Sunday, January 1, 2012

Successful this time

Happy New Year.  A wonderful Christmas this year - saw family in Dallas and Chicago. Of course time with the grandbabies - the best!  


I wanted to share a picture of my Amaryllis this year - last year I attempted to nurture one of these babies to life and it did not go so well (as Adrian well knows).  Well this year was a different story.  Despite the lack of sun (and my lack of green thumb), the flower thrived. 







One more thing - fireworks on New Year's Eve is a big thing over here.  It was amazing to look outside your window and there close by, spectacular fireworks being launched into the air.  Anyone can launch fireworks anywhere - amazing to someone use to a very controlled firework setup and from a state experiencing extreme drought.  There were also lovely lanterns floating in the air as well.  Spectacular.