Cactus Watcher Strikes Again

This is the cousin of one of the cacti I showed a picture of earlier this year ( One picture )

from anneth

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Most places in the US the temperatures get the lowest in mid January. Here in the desert it's usually the last week of December to the first week of January. I had my first frost of the season this morning.

The temptation of living in a place like this is to grow tropical plants that don't like frost at all. 360+ days a year, it's fine. But, you have to be sure to cover them for mornings like this. Last year we had temperatures in the 20's for several hours two days in a row which is too cold for just covering them. I bring some plants inside, but I don't have room for all of them. ( 1 picture )

A nice rain usually gets the sage going. ( One picture )

I was out pulling weeds this morning when I noticed something red on top of one of my cactus clumps, It looked like fruit from a distance but closer up it looked like it was throwing a party. ( One picture )

Buffy has been with me for a few days and I've had several blooms ( Mucho pictures, if you have dial-up watch out! )

From ann1962. Passing along the hug, cause someone always needs a hug now and then.


and a gentle {hug}

Nice group blooming today ( 1 pic )

I'd like to show you all a picture of one of my neighbor's agave, which shot up a bloom stalk nearly as tall as the palm tree next to it. But we've had burglaries in the neighborhood this week and I would not want to look like I was casing his home. In its place here's the pink fairy duster from the other day in full pink, fuzzy glory ( 1 pic )

From the grocery store, today's labor saving device of the day: Fellow fruit salad chefs, you all know the feeling. You've peeled that banana and then you've got that laborious and tedious task of cutting it up the short way into bite-sized pieces. Slave no more with the miracle banana slicer. Now, you've seen cheap imitations of these in stores before, and left them right where you saw them. But this non-adjustable one is dishwasher safe, cause you know you're going to use it every day, and set just right so you get the same, slightly-inconvenient-to-put-in-your-mouth pieces every time! (Makes you wish the store manager would wander by so you could point and giggle.)

From today's grocery store muzak: Sad lyrics to romantic song of the day - ( Something stupid )