Above: I cannot recall the name of this cactus right now – someone knowledgeable did tell me! Anyway, I’m so excited she bloomed!!! Look how beautiful her cream-coloured flowers are. Photographed next to some friends.
Above: Various Sempervivum planted in a violet/pink planter. Look at the numerous pink flowers.
Above: Back to the indoor succulents. These are the few I bought at great prices from the cactus club (BCSS) meeting in July. Magarisa, remember, I said I’d post them? LOL. The bottom three are different sub-types of Haworthia. The top (from left to right) include 1st, …….; 2nd, Titanopsis; 3rd, Adromischus cooperi; 4th, the fuzzy Setosa.
Above: Various succulents and cacti including a Ferocactus (bottom-right); a Haworthia attenuata (bottom-middle); a flowering Gymnocalycium baldianum (bottom-left) ; a Senecio mandraliscae (top-right); an Aloe (top-middle); a Jade (top-left). Bottom of photo – a small but vibrant lemon tree with amethyst gem stones. If anyone has advice on growing lemon trees I’d be most appreciative.
Above: An apple crumble I made Wednesday night. I included golden sugar, Canadian maple syrup (imported from Quebec), nutmeg and cinnamon and small cooking-apples from our own garden – yes, we have apple trees! It turned out to be my best crumble yet.
Above: I recently had an eye test. I wanted to have the new lenses put in my fabulous vintage glasses. They said they couldn’t include insurance… Well, now they say the frames are broken. I don’t know exactly how. I’ll know more in a day or two. I hope I can fix them and wear them again.
Above: This recently came up in my ‘memory’ photo feed on the kindle. Me in a black sun hat clutching purple wild flowers, 2014.
Above: There he is the lordship himself. Little Lord Oscar Dandelion. Came up in today’s memory feed, 2015. Gosh, time speeds up after a certain age.
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Years ago I was given some less than pretty succulents. I put the pot in a part of my garden rarely visited u til one day I noted something was happening. I relocated to a better viewing location and happened to catch it flower for spry of a day! Worth it but geez! Great glasses, hope they can be saved, maybe they just want you to spend money you don’t have? Cheers,H
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I know some have ‘hidden talents’, such amazing flowers, lol.
The business is rigged that way so you buy a pair of their glasses every two years but then saying that, I still had to pay £80 – £40 already paid on my behalf as I am longterm ill – for having new lenses put in the old ones they’ve apparently broken… 😦
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oh that cacti flower is beautiful how wonderful to see it in bloom! I like the photo of you as well! What a pity about the glasses, they look gorgeous! hope you get it resolved soon!
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Thanks dear Fred. 🙂
I hope your week is starting well, my friend xo
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That cactus reminds me of the barrel cacti was have here, but a baby. However, I started looking at photos and it looks a lot like a “hedgehog cactus”, or one of its family.
Your succulents are beautiful. They rival the botanical gardens here.
Love the glasses, I hope they are fixable.
Just really like this post. Made me smile.
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Hello Wendy 🙂
Well, I can’t take credit for growing them from scratch. They are indeed beautiful specimens. I got excited seeing succulents and cactti on sale soon at Lidl supermarket this week.
Thanks (re glasses), me too. Haven’t heard from them yet. When I went in they said they’d call.
My diet suppresants are downstairs so I’ll let you know in a bit what they’re called. They’re a new one and sold over the counter. I think they would be too in the States..?
Receiving your comment made me smile, thank you my friend, have a good week 🙂 xo
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