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   Keith Channing · December 17, 2015 - 4:15 am ·

   Gorgeous flowers, John. We saw lots of them growing wild on Dominica when we spent Chriatmas there a few years ago; those, poinsettias and other flowers we normally only see in pots or hothouses.

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      John W. Howell · December 17, 2015 - 8:00 am ·

      Yes. We love our “birds” since they are about the only thing that does well in the salt air (hibiscus as well)

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   LindaGHill · December 17, 2015 - 6:11 am ·

   Beautiful, John. It’s lovely to see something growing where here, everything is dying.
   Incidentally, every time I hear the phrase “birds of paradise” I get a song stuck in my head…
   “May a bird of paradise fly up your nose,..”

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      John W. Howell · December 17, 2015 - 7:54 am ·

      I do too. Ha ha ha. Thanks for the laugh.

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   Charles Yallowitz · December 17, 2015 - 6:16 am ·

   Lucky that you have plants like that during winter.

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      John W. Howell · December 17, 2015 - 7:53 am ·

      We are. Thanks

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   coldhandboyack · December 17, 2015 - 8:20 am ·

   Cool that you can grow those outside where you are. Right now all I have is a Christmas cactus, and it’s inside.

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      John W. Howell · December 17, 2015 - 3:33 pm ·

      Well I can’t grow potato’s here.

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         coldhandboyack · December 17, 2015 - 3:38 pm ·

         Guess Idaho has that going for it.

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   Pit · December 17, 2015 - 8:40 am ·

   They look great, John. I’d love them, but I don’t think they’d survive in the Hill Country.
   Cheers,
   Pit

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      John W. Howell · December 17, 2015 - 3:33 pm ·

      Hill Country is a little cold.

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   Professor VJ Duke · December 17, 2015 - 9:09 am ·

   I would sit my chair next to that. Be there all day.

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      John W. Howell · December 17, 2015 - 3:34 pm ·

      You would need some wine and crackers as well.

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   Jill Weatherholt · December 17, 2015 - 9:53 am ·

   I love Birds of Paradise, John. It’s gloomy and raining here, so thanks for ray of sunshine.

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      John W. Howell · December 17, 2015 - 3:36 pm ·

      Good for the spirit

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   Andra Watkins · December 17, 2015 - 10:03 am ·

   I wish they grew here. Lovely. We sometimes find them at the market.

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      John W. Howell · December 17, 2015 - 3:35 pm ·

      My wife makes some beautiful arrangements using palm leaves and Birds of Paradise.

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   The Hook · December 17, 2015 - 10:28 am ·

   My wife wold LOVE those!

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      John W. Howell · December 17, 2015 - 3:30 pm ·

      They are great to cut as well.

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    The Hook · December 17, 2015 - 10:29 am ·

    What did I tell you about typos, John?

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       John W. Howell · December 17, 2015 - 3:32 pm ·

       Sign of humanity sir.

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    teagan geneviene · December 17, 2015 - 11:37 am ·

    They’re lovely! Hugs

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       John W. Howell · December 17, 2015 - 3:28 pm ·

       Thank you. Hugs back.

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    Let's CUT the Crap! · December 17, 2015 - 11:40 am ·

    Stunning and a wonderful treat.
    We have misplaced December. Seems the calendar thinks it’s spring. Everything has gone to sleep in preparation for snow, but is nowhere to be found. 🙂

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       John W. Howell · December 17, 2015 - 3:28 pm ·

       Hold on it will come.

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          Let's CUT the Crap! · December 20, 2015 - 2:20 pm ·

          True, later by the sounds of it. It’s not that I like the cold or snow–northern girl that I am. 😀

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             John W. Howell · December 20, 2015 - 7:41 pm ·

             I never did get used to it.

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             Let's CUT the Crap! · December 21, 2015 - 8:03 am ·

             Liked it when I was a kid. Ha ha.
             Thought snow was fun and never felt the cold. Youngsters. What do they know. Merry Christmas, John, to you and yours. 🙂

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             John W. Howell · December 21, 2015 - 12:04 pm ·

             Merry Christmas to you and yours Tess.

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             Let's CUT the Crap! · December 21, 2015 - 3:30 pm ·

             Thank you, John. 🙂

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    Smorgasbord - Variety is the Spice of Life. · December 17, 2015 - 1:10 pm ·

    Reblogged this on Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life and commented:
    John Howell with a little something from his back yard.

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       John W. Howell · December 17, 2015 - 3:28 pm ·

       Thanks for the reblog Sally. -)

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    dgkaye · December 17, 2015 - 1:39 pm ·

    Thanks for sharing some beauty John. 🙂

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       John W. Howell · December 17, 2015 - 3:27 pm ·

       Thank you for the visit and kind words

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          dgkaye · December 17, 2015 - 3:44 pm ·

          The pleasure was mine. 🙂

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    The Coastal Crone · December 17, 2015 - 1:57 pm ·

    Very nice! I have Desert Bird of Paradise that do well in South Texas. And today feels like early spring instead of almost the first day of winter.

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       John W. Howell · December 17, 2015 - 3:27 pm ·

       Yes it does. 80’s next week

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