Christmas 2012 - Tree and Flowers

 I thought I better get these pictures in here before it was Christmas 2013!!  This is my little Christmas
tree covered with 100 lights. I got the tree from my dear friend, Carol King Stager, in 2009. In 2011
I bought the lights and dear Bill put them on the tree for me. If anyone is interested, I have pictures of Carol's wedding and pics of this tree the first time she was loaded with lights.

This is the amaryllis I bought in November. It is
amazing how fast this thing grew. I swear I could
watch it grow!  The pic above was the first shot, the pic to the left the second shot and the picture below shows her in all her glory.
As you can see in the bottom pic, one stalk is in full bloom with 4 blossoms. To the left is the second stalk coming up fast. There are always four blossoms facing North, South, East and West. The second blossoms bloomed before all of the first blossoms had died. It was a spectacular
Christmas flower.