The cycle of blooms

 

My little cactus doesn't care for the holidays, and decided to give me a bloom this week. She had one a few weeks ago also.

The orchid blooms are falling off the stem now, one or two each night. The other plant's blooms haven't started to die yet.

Sharing with Floral Friday Blooms. 

Today's quote:

Sometimes a part of us must die, before another part can come to life.

A Thanksgiving Cactus

 It's another grey cold rainy day, this Tuesday in November. I probably won't type long because my fingers are numb. (Not that it will make much difference)

I've been saying I wanted a Christmas Cactus...but when I saw this beauty at the grocery store, she came home with me. So a Thanksgiving Cactus will due!

And so far it looks like she likes living on the shelf next to the violet in my bedroom. We'll see if it's too much sun on the next sunny day. She's supposed to have indirect light, so they say.

What's fun is that it is more than one plant. Different stems are just buried in the dirt, and have a bloom on the end. I've heard they are really easy to germinate by sticking in water. I've got all these coleus rooting in the kitchen already...will probably stick them in the pots that are outside waiting for the geranium and the verbena to freeze. Nice recycling.

Sharing with Floral Friday.

Today's quote:

If you want to know who someone is, what is flowing through or not flowing, stay in a listening posture. 
Close your eyes inside your companion’s shadow. 
—Rumi