Poinsettia Reds

Word of the Day: Poinsettia.
Last night Jim and I hosted a dinner for 20 for our two classes of doc students to celebrate the end of the semester and get to do some cross-cohort bonding. I thought we were making a phone call to order pizza and salad. Jim instead spent the day cooking -- three lasagnas and roasted veggies! He also brought home 2 bouquets of lilies and this poinsettia to decorate the house. AND, he got rid of some boxes of his stuff that had been in our family room for over 5 years! YAY Jim!!
Photographed using 'sweet 16 manual settings' learned in an earlier challenge.
Alternate Album: Squirrel Dreams - http://365project.org/taffy/the-also-ran-ph/2013-12-12
Main Album: http://365project.org/taffy/365/2013-12-12

[Annie D]

i love Poinsettia - it is Christmas all over for me
beautifully photographed :)

[Hope D Jennings]

I love the tones here taffy.So deep and such a rich red.

[Timothy]

nice

[Joey]

Lovely shot, just love these plants, they make xmas so special!!!

[Jan K]

Very pretty, Taffy - you did a great job of capturing that deep red!

[Elizabeth]

The angle of the light creates shadows that define the petals. Very pretty.

[Sandi]

Love the deep, beautiful colors. How pretty! It sounds like lots of fun was had at the dinner. :)

[alia_801]

Gorgeous reds in this! Red can be a really tricky colour to get right, but I'd say you got it spot on here!

[Maggiemae]

I like the dark tones for this shot - go well with the rich reds of this flower!

[Suse♡]

Oh your husbands sounds great, you are lucky to have such capable and helpful husband! Oh I love the deep red tone in this, I can´t ven bring any of these home cos they´re sort of poisoneus and my cat sure likes to eat plants and flowers.

[👑 AnaZad]

Great intensity of color and beauty.

[Graham Thresher]

A lovely shot.

[Sean O'Neill]

Crikey, steady on Jim, you're letting the side down rather there!! I confess, yesterday I cooked Rebecca her tea, and I have bought her a Pinsettia this week and sorted out a box of old camera stuff given to me!! Lovely shot BTW Taffy.

[Sean O'Neill]

Poinsettia, I type way too fast and rarely check my spelling. Life is too short!!

[elkehochban]

Gorgeous, rich shades of red!

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[Dione Giorgio]

My favourite poinsettia. Great capture and colours.

[KWind]

Pretty! Love the shades of red.

[Nicole]

What a lovely evening you must have had!! and what a beautiful capture of that beuatiful flower!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

So pretty!

[Elyse Klemchuk]

This is beautiful! It sounds like a very nice evening!

[june milner]

why o why do wesay .. just a poinsettia when they are so lovely,
Apparently they grow about 6ft in the wild which must be a fantastic sight.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Very pretty! Can Jim give Jeff some lessons?

[Taffy]

@susale I am pretty lucky to have Jim in my life, and without any cats, we can have pretty much anything around the house.

[Taffy]

@seanoneill I just read Jim your comment and he loved it! Thought he first had to sort out that 'cooking tea' meant cooking dinner (we had a laugh at the though of cooking tea as in boiling water!).

[Sean O'Neill]

@taffy yes, I can see where the confusion lies. If only we lived closer, then you'd know that Rebecca doesn't drink tea:-)