Christmas Day in Dunedin offered a fine morning and then the weather deteriorated in the afternoon. Fortunately we headed out to the beach early and got to visit the Botanic Gardens before wet weather came in. Last night we attended a beautiful Christmas Eve service at Knox Church with lots of candles and music and singing till after midnight, heart-warming! New Zealand (where we enjoy a summer Christmas).
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Text and photos by Liz; Exploring Colour (2020)
Exploring Colour 
Your Festive Flower grows in our garden, and I’ve been unable to put a name to it. Do you know what variety it is, please?
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Although I don’t have the authority of having seen a label, I did subsequently search online and it appears to be Dietes grandiflora – a plant from South Africa (and my photo was taken in the South African collection area). Very bright and cheerful flower – so pleased to hear you have it!
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Looks like a perfect match. Thanks for the help, and we do really enjoy it, but we still wish it weren’t an actually-undesirable invasive.
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Your Christmas Eve sounds wonderful. Merry Christmas, Liz and Nigel!
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Merry Christmas Steve!
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Merry Christmas. I love your festive flower.
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Merry Christmas Susan! I’m smiling that you also love the festive flower I found 🙂
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ps. just found what my festive flower appears to be – Dietes grandiflora – a plant from South Africa.
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Merry Christmas, Liz, your church gathering sounds great!
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Thank you Robert! It was great in every respect but especially so this year, given a church full of people singing together, and with choir, isn’t possible in so many places now.
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ps. and Merry Christmas to you too!
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Your Christmas Day sounds wonderful. I envy you the singing — Zoom choirs just aren’t the same. Still, it’s nice to be listening to my upstairs neighbor, who’s quite a good pianist and who enjoys much the same music that I do. A little Christmas Eve Bach and Pachelbel aren’t the worst thing in the world. Merry Christmas!
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Music from the upstairs neighbor is a lovely bonus! Thank you, and best wishes for a happy and peaceful Christmas Day.
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