Annual Front Yard Cactus Bloom
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Annual Front Yard Cactus Bloom
Not much blooming when compared to previous years, but it's a fun hobby.
In the 80s when I was drinking by myself in the apartment with the drapes closed, I never thought of such things.
Added a rose bush and a Japanese maple from the back yard just for fun.
In the 80s when I was drinking by myself in the apartment with the drapes closed, I never thought of such things.
Added a rose bush and a Japanese maple from the back yard just for fun.
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Oh this brings me back to my childhood in a very good way... my father loved cacti/succulent plants, and many other plants as well. I grew up in an environment that looked like a botanical garden and also helped my dad with the plants a lot, some parts we dreamed up together. Never tried to create anything similar in my own independent, adult life, never chose to live in a house with a yard and I think it is better because I would not want to take care of it consistently. But love to see and visit these kinds of places. Nice hobby and good job! 
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Stunning! Nature is the finest artist. Everything flowering is exploding in Florida now. A few blocks from my place is a huge, spooky-looking grand oak dripping with Spanish moss and night-blooming cereus, which only blooms for one evening and is gone by the next morning--it looks like they might break out tonight. The flowers are otherworldly and spectacular but so transient--there is a message in there somewhere! Beauty surrounds us, but like you, when I was drinking there was no place is my world for it--these things matter now. Thank you for the lovely photos.
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