things that say "merry Christmas" - poinsettia

you see it everywhere just as soon as november starts; in ddifferent colours - red, pink, white, cream, and sometimes i see them almost yellow, and also variegated red, green and white combination. i particularly like the yellow variety.

see my yellow poinsettia posting here:
http://365project.org/summerfield/365/2011-01-01

sooc but for the name tag and framing.

[karenann]

Yes! This definitely says "Merry Christmas!" I looked all over town for a Christmas cactus this year . . very hard to find one. Poinsettia were all over the place and beautiful as ever. Great photo, summerfield. It's even prettier with the framing and the detail is fabulous!

[summerfield]

@karenann - second time i come across this 'Christmas cactus' around here on 365. exactly what is it and what does it look like? now i have to go around to the florists tomorrow and try to find one! hehe. thank you for your comment, karenann. you are always very kind to me and my photo. :-)

[Pam Hawkes]

Very pretty and nice framing.

[Terry]

such vivid color, thanks

[summerfield]

@pamfromcalgary @sarasdadandmom

thank you, pam and terry. much appreciated.

[Anne ❀]

beautiful flower and shot, love the texture of the leaves

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Love the red on this one! As for seeing a Christmas Cactus- go to tags and type in the name- I'm sure one will come up. You can google it as well.

[summerfield]

@sunnygreenwood - anne, thank you. and after 354 posts, my first one now has a comment. yay!

@olivetreeann - thank you, ann. the red is actually a deep red but the camera captured it as more on the orangey side. i had googled the Christmas cactus and realize it is what we call the 'dragon plant' back in the old country.

[Camille Bisson]

soooooo pretty! love the framing, too. love these so much in all the colors.

[summerfield]

@catsmeowb - thank you, camille. fixed the tree yet? :-)

[Carolyn Sue]

the wonderful red is always such a cheerful color -- esp at Christmas! Lovely, lovely shot!

[Roberta Clark Chalmers]

Lovely composition and color. I like the old fashioned red ones the best.

[PattiCake]

gorgeous colour! forgive my long silence - I have had a really hectic three weeks and will catch up - going to post quite a lot of pics every day to get me there...and will try and get up to date on all your photos in the next week or so.

[Danielle Greenwood]

lovely! (where you been mate?)

[lesley allen]

Beautiful colour....I have a peachey colour one this year, it seems to be keeping it's leaves, fingers crossed.

[summerfield]

@cscecil - hey, you showed up! where have you been? or maybe where have i not been is more like it. in any case, thank you. you were missed, you know!

@beba8162 - thank you, roberta. the deep red of these plants are really beautiful.

[summerfield]

@patticake - aw, patti, no problem at all. i myself am waaaayyyy behind in commenting everyone's posts. when i thought i've caught up suddenly i realize there are more people's album i haven't been to. so no problem, take your time.

[summerfield]

@danig - am just here, kid. meanwhile, i thought you got boxed with all your moving stuff or something. thank you, DG :-)

@samdan - i just saw a peachy coloured one tonight! they are gorgeous. thank you, lesley.

[Samantha]

Love the look of poinsettias ~ I had a picture of the bloom of a christmas cactus, then I got deleted it when I hit the year mark. ~ I could repost it.

[summerfield]

@sanera - thank you, sam. @jannck posted a picture of her Christmas cactus today.

[alia_801]

Gorgeous colours!

[Danielle Greenwood]

@summerfield my brain got packed up for sure. back now. ready for christmas and some hot days!

[PattiCake]

@summerfield - I am almost caught up with yours now :-)

[summerfield]

@patticake - thank you, patti.