Going strong! by happypat

Going strong!

I just wanted to show you the Christmas Poinsettia my DIL sent me for Christmas. It's just as good as the day it arrived, I think it must like the kitchen windowsill!
Marks & Spencers at it's best!

The telephone saga is not over yet.....there was an email last night announcing they were going to charge us £299 cancellation fee....over my dead body!!

Three good things:
1. A very pleasant afternoon watching The Railway Man...not too upsetting to watch although they veered mightily from the book which I didn't agree with.
2. Loving my new Kindle.
3. The B&B lady arrived safely through the snow from Canada, she was an hour early & is delightful!
O good grief. You would not put it past them to try to charge an actual deceased person for cancelling a contract! Outrageous. Still beautiful flowers and another afternoon at the cinema so can't be all bad!
January 15th, 2014  
Wow... you have a gift! Mine are dead and gone!
January 15th, 2014  
I have issues with Ponsettias - I don't really want them to live past 6th Jan. Beautiful until then - then they should burst into flames or something!

Be formidable again!
January 15th, 2014  
This is stunning to have lasted so well it must be sitting in favourable conditions not too hot , not in a draught and the compost kept moist !!!! So nice when plants last CAROL
January 15th, 2014  
Never had a poinsettia but they certainly are colourful! Are you sure that phone contract didn't have a cancellation clause in the small print? Hope not - that's an awful lot of money!
January 15th, 2014  
@maggiemae We have never had a contract maggiemae...we joined them in 2006 long before contracts came out....I am going to do battle tomorrow never fear!! Also going to cancel our DD they will have to bill us the final amount we owe!!
January 15th, 2014  
lovely reds
January 15th, 2014  
Beautiful colour and still very healthy. Mine never last long at all.
January 15th, 2014  
That's doing amazingly - mine's just started to look sorry for itself in the last couple of days (perhaps I should water it!)
January 15th, 2014  
Still a beautiful vibrant red
January 15th, 2014  
Cheeky beggars.... Lovely poinsettia - I've killed my Waitrose arrangement - to be fair I bought it half price because it was on its way out! Nigel's dad brought me a nice Tesco's Finest palm that's looking good though - a miracle.
January 15th, 2014  
That poinsettia is still looking gorgeous...your window sill must be the ideal spot! And I love the basket and burlap. Phone companies make me soooo mad. And how in the world can they charge an outrageous cancellation fee when there was no contract??
January 15th, 2014  
Good luck with the phone co - why does life have to be so complicated over seemingly simple things. Hope your poinsettia carries on. I still have one I bought in Nov 2012 which has grown lots of new green leaves but I didn't try to turn it red. By contrast, this year's poinsettia just died and has gone in the compost.
January 15th, 2014  
A very effective shot with all that redness!
January 15th, 2014  
beautiful colours! Hope it lasts for ages.
January 15th, 2014  
Still looks gorgeous I kill all mine
January 15th, 2014  
IC you here. A totally gorgeous shot
January 15th, 2014  
She is really staying nice with her beautiful colors
January 16th, 2014  
Wow, it is still gorgeous
January 16th, 2014  
Beautiful shot. I had a poinsettia but I gave it to a friend because I knew it wouldn't survive long here.
Only came in at the tail end of the telephone saga, but stick to your guns. Telstra out here tried that one on with us too. We won though.
January 16th, 2014  
JH
I've been all over the place and missed the telephone saga (hopefully will get a proper chance to catch up over next few days) but for now will just say sounds suitably outrageous!
January 16th, 2014  
Lovely shot - such a rich colour.
January 16th, 2014  
WOW that is impressive. My Mum in law had a beautiful one from M&S when we were down last and it was doing brilliantly too! Maybe next year I will try one......have only had dropped leaves in the past!
January 19th, 2014  
Indeed beautiful, love the red😊
January 20th, 2014  
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