Merry Christmas and a Very happy New Year to all on GOY

Thank you Denise. Merry Christmas to you too :o)
I know which photo I preffer lol

Wow, lets hope we have a mild one..lol Hywel i am with you on that..Merry Christmas drc to you & yours & a happy New Year..:o)

All the best to you Denise too X

That Clematis is astounding, what contrast between the two pictures. I have upped the cover on my tree fern this evening...the ground was freezing at 5pm.

Merry Christmas, stay warm..

Thanks Denise, and you have a lovely Christmas too!

Fabulous amount of blooms on the Clematis ... what a strange year it has been ... weatherwise ... have a lovely Christmas, Denise ... :o)

What a change eh?
Merry Xmas to you! :))))

Merrrrry Christmas Denise, and a GoY New Year!

Have a lovely Christmas and a happy New Year Drc.

Its been a crazy mixed up season hasnt it Drc. One that we have all talked about a lot here on Goy. Lets hope it doesnt get too cold and end up like your first photo! Stranger things have happened.
Happy Christmas greetings to you too.

Wow! Look at your clematis! That's totally astounding! Have a wonderful Christmas, Denise, and thank you for all your hard work you put into this wonderful Goy site, it's much appreciated!

I second that! Hywel yo have fallen at the first hurdle and looked at a snow picture! You were tricked into it by the title of the blog.

We have four buds on our Magnolia Susan, or I should say we did till the high winds whipped across here in the last 36 hours....what a difference...this Season...
I also would like to say thanks for your hard work on GOY Denise, behind the scenes goes on constantly....:)))
Have a great Holiday with your loved ones, and a healthy fresh New Year, ready to go again...xx

Hope you have a lovely Christmas,Denise..best wishes to you and your Family..looks like we won't be having the white stuff,according to the forecast..and going to be a lot milder later on in the week :o) I still have a scented Geranium in flower,in a basket ..looking a bit bedraggled,but still hanging on ! :o)

Certainly a different year - how nice to see the 2nd photo!!! Thankfully we got no snow at all this side of winter this year - in fact 2011 has been snow free really - horay!!!!

Have a great Christmas and great mild 2012 :)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Our big rose bush (Golden showers, I think) still has an abundance of glossy green leaves and is covered in buds!

That sounds good,Gattina..do you think the buds will open ?

Such a difference!
Have a very Happy Christmas and all the very best for you and yours in 2012, Denise x

One of them already has, Bloomer - I can see it from the bedroom window. Gorgeous! If the rest can hang on until the beginning of the week when the temperatures are set to drop dramatically, who knows? I am tempted to rush out and drape it with something to insulate it, but looking at the forecast, it'd have to stay on for a darned long time. I think it's on it's own!

Seems such a shame ..would they open indoors,if you cut them off? .sounds like you are going to lose them anyway..so at least they would have a warm death ! :o))

That's a thought, Bloomer. We don't normally have cut flowers or plants in the house - it's too dark for them to survive for more than a day or so, but what the H*** - I think I'll get out there with the secateurs!

Happy Christmas Denise and a very Happy New Year, much prefer this years picture :-))

Merry Christmas, Denise,
and all the best for 2012. xxx

I've added this blog to GoYpedia Climbing Plants :o)

Merry Christmas and a happy new year hope we dont get the snow :-)

My goodness you are all up and about early this morning! Thank you all, I do so enjoy GOY.

A merry Christmas to you Drc and a Happy New Year ... :o))

Thanks Amy

Happy christmas... lets hope we dont get to much snow...

what a contrast! interesting to see the difference,
happy christmas!

Merry xmas to you, i'm so pleased this year is not like last year.

I remember it well!! much prefer this years picture, the clematis is doing so well for you;0) We have snow here today just a light covering, but hope Sandra is right and it isn't going to get any worse!
A very Happy Christmas and New Year to you and your family Denise;0

There are about 4 or 5 of us insomniacs up early most mornings,Denise....so if ever you can't sleep? ..someone will be around from about 5.30.-6am...!!!

I dont sleep till well after 2am Bloomer but dont wake till 8 in the winter. In the summer I am a very early bird in the garden.

You lazy slattern Bloomer ! By 5:30 my step is donkey stoned at least three children are hoovering a chimney a piece.

That`s a lovely sight Denise, even more so considering the date, lets hope it doesn`t mean we`ll be having snow next April, lol..
Merry Christmas to you and your family.xx

I hope so to Lincslass

merry christmas Denise and all the very best for 2012 :o)) x

I hate it,when I can't get to sleep ,Denise..it seems never ending,lying awake..but at least you aren't up so early..strange how we all have different sleep patterns.

You flatterer you,.Pimp..it's ages since anyone called me lazy.! I only had time to black lead the fireplace,and make the gruel..some little so and so kept asking for more..never satisfied,the kids of today..and no credit card to pay for it either..only 150% interest a month over 25 years..I ask you..what is the world coming to ?

Not good at maths, Bloomer, is 150% compound interest every month as bad as the 5,578% APR that one of the payday loan companies is charging? (I kid you not - look for the small print at the bottom of the screen in the TV advertisements.) I'm surprised that Twist kid has got any sort of credit rating at all.

Lol,Gattina..no idea ! bt wil take your word for it,as never paid it..If that twist comes round again tonight,I'm not sharing my steak with that little greedy guts....well maybe just a little ,with a crust >:o)

Lol...

Blimey, I'd forgotten how early it had snowed last year. Its been such strange weather this year, I'm as confused as the plants lol. Keep thinking its August/September lol.

Merry Christmas Denise, hope you have a great time. heres to a happy and healthy new year.

Thanks all. Its very cold today and we have some real frost for the first time this year.

It was a hard frost here too this morning, not much fun clearing the windscreen to get to work. Merry Christmas Denise x

We actually got snow overnight, but it's a lovely day again, and everything has melted! Was rather hoping for a little bit of a white Christmas! It'll be the first time in 7 years we won't have had one. :-(

I hope for no snow at all as it is so restricting and dangerous.

My dog slipped three times this morning, as the snow melted and froze in sheet of ice over night, light rain added to the problem...fortunately it has gone now.

Merry Xmas Denise I too have a clematis flowering looks very strange as everything else is looking wintery:)x

I think mine has gone at long last to this mornings frost.

Thank you, Denise! Merry Christmas to you :)

And to you Uma