Not only are the poinsettias beautiful but I could almost smell the plumeria when I looked at your blog...

Sharon, thanks for sharing a little piece of your heaven.

Nancy

Just beautiful Sharon! Thanks so much for sharing your photos of your lovely scenery!

Alexa

Oh my gosh, Sharon, those are just beautiful, as is most everything you take pictures of there in your little paradise.

Thanks for sharing with those of us whose world is currently brown and gray...

Annie

Wow. Looks like Christmas came early. The only poinsettias I ever see are in foil-wrapped pots.

Just fabulous! I took the better part of the afternoon vicariously meandering through your world. Thanks!

Cathy

Gorgeous! I've never seen poinsettias unpotted. And the plumeria make me want to hop the next plane to Hawaii. Sighhhh...

How beautiful. Nice to see the Poinsettias growing in their natural state.

Ann

OK picture lady, can we have a current picture of your kitty? Even when you first found her, she was beautiful. Now I expect true elegance!

Thank you for your kind comments.
Yes this time of the year here is full of colour rather than being drab. And another beautiful plant that grows everywhere, covering fences and carport roofs is the pyrostegia or flame vine, with orange flowers that bloom brightly all winter. Here's one covering a neighbour's garage roof.

Gina you should be able to grow poinsettias in your climate. I'm not sure of the temperature range they need but they grow like weeds here. I once used some tall poinsettia stalks that we had pruned down in February one year as support stakes for tomatoes I was growing. Darned if the stakes didn't take root themselves and created a little grove of poinsettias growing in our back yard. And they're still there, now about 10 feet tall.

Beachlily I will take some new photos of Bibi, who is truly beautiful now that she had put on weight. I think she is allergic to beef, or at least cat food containing beef as she was unable to keep it down. Now I give her only fish and chicken and she's not been sick since, so she's rounding out.

SharonCb