Tuesday, December 15, 2009

December Daily -- Day 12

Day 12

For years the holly bushes in our backyard never had berries.  Just in the past few years have the berries started to appear.  I thought I had only males bushes, but the berries prove the female bushes are fertile!

Journaling on the back:

Each year I am more delighted to see the berries appearing on the holly bushes in the backyard.  For many years, I thought the bushes were all male, but now that we have berries, I guess that is not so.  These are not tiny berries, they are huge!  The color is a bright, clear red and there are lots of berry clusters.

It almost seems a shame to cut the holly for decoration, but I will!

2 comments:

helena said...

lovely bright red there - loved all your other pages too and the way you snap things you see out on your walks

scrappyjacky said...

Such a beautiful picture...I just love holly.