My garden still offers holiday surprises. Gardenias in December? Who would have thought and there it is. Seasonal berries are just turning red in time for the holidays which is somewhat normal. Both of the red flowers bloom off and on year round, so they are just celebrating rain, as am I!

I think of November as a rainy month. This year it was bone dry until last Thursday, Thanksgiving. I added the precipitation to the list of things I was thankful for. Here is our fairly typical American Thanksgiving dinner. I am a Southerner, so we have the side dish cornbread dressing, not stuffing.

Turkey, cornbread dressing, mashed potatoes and cranberry relish. The meat and starch elements are appropriately drenched in gravy.

Followed by, you guessed it, pumpkin pie.

Back to the vase, the flamingo is a Christmas ornament gifted to me by my mother, celebrating my college mascot.

The white flowers are Tropical Gardenias (Tabernaemontana diviricata); red bell shaped flowers are Firecracker Plant (Russelia equisetformis); red, yellow and orange flowers are Parrotflowers (Heliconia psittacorum); the berries are from the evil invasive Brazilian Pepper (Schinus terebinthifolia)

Thanks to Cathy at RamblingintheGarden for hosting this garden meme. Follow the link to see more vases.