I took this picture on a beautiful snowy walk on Christmas Day.
Holly (Ilex aquifolium) is much loved this time of year for Christmas wreaths and decorations. Apparently before it was taken up as part of the Christian festival, it was associated with a December merrymaking festival called "Roman Saturnalia". (Source: Hatfield's Herbal).
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Sunday 9 January 2011
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Elizabeth this is a really beautiful site and your products are lovely to use...why not make the comments section a bit larger because I had to hunt for it...but I was determined...Lizzie P.
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