Christmas Neglect

Two years ago a lovely patient of mine gave me a Christmas Cactus.  Let me explain.  I do not have a green thumb.  I try to keep plants alive.  Really the best thing I can do for them is ignore them. 
This cactus flourished when I first brought it home.  My cat Phoebe loved to sniff and taste it's leaves.  I had it in a copper pot that Mom used to keep her cactus in.  Over time it looked limp and cat worn.
Last spring I set it outside in a ceramic pot under the palm tree.
When it was dry out it shriveled.
When it was monsoon season it flooded.
Just before Christmas it blossomed. 
This is how she is looking today.

Neglected by me watched over by Mother Nature.

Anne

 

Happy Thanksgiving

I have so much to be thank ful for this year that I could burst. 
Right now I am bursting from all the delicious food my daughter made.  She cooked enough for an army and sent us home with huge to go containers so we will even have left overs.
I woke up this am and thought how lucky I was to be able to relax this year and let the younger generation take over in their own kitchens!  That was a heavenly feeling. 
I even got to snuggle on the couch with my five month old grandson while he fell asleep.

God has blessed us in so many ways this year.  It was a wonderful day.
God bless my family and friends.
Anne