Monday Beauty
by Elouise
A sweet blossom just for you! And for me, of course. The sun is shining, the temperature is rising. Spring is just around the corner. It isn’t Christmas anymore. Or is it?
This lone Christmas Cactus blossom, seriously out of date and right on time, began pushing out about two months ago. I can’t believe it made it! It’s sitting on our kitchen table, looking out at the back yard.
So I grabbed my iPad and gave it my best effort.
Praying your week is filled with small reminders that Christmas can surprise us any day of the week, in any season of the year.
Elouise ♥
© Elouise Renich Fraser, 2 March 2020
Photo taken by ERFraser, 2 March 2020
Telling the Truth 
Here the zygocactus blooms in June, just in time for my birthday – but in the last few years it has been early, and is nearly spent by the time the 22nd rolls around.
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How sad they’re blooming too early for your birthday. They’re one of the easiest houseplants I’ve ever had. Our cat sinks his fangs into the juicy green segments from time to time, but they just keep going, holes and all!
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When it gets too big, my husband takes it out of the pot and only replants bits of it. I always expect he’s gone too far, and then – back it grows!
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Yes! They hive off really quickly, though I’m not as committed as your husband! I did start one several years ago with a pinch from a friend’s pot. It did well….until our (at that time) young kitty made a grand mess of it! Such fun…. 🙂 Now he’s too lazy to do anything but bite at my current favorite. Or maybe he figured out it tastes horrible and turns me into a horrible lady!
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That’s so beautiful.
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Thank you, Herminia! I hope all is well with you. 🙂
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Thanks and likewise. Hope everything is good on your end.
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