shades of pink...

...in the christmas cactus

haven't killed it off yet - whew...

so relieved - yup, this is the one i just bought to replace - my other very anemic christmas cacti which - were refusing to behave for me - meaning they weren't blooming - now i know it's fairly typical for them to go from - year to year perhaps not blooming - however this is like year 3 that i've experienced this woeful situation - i just couldn't stand it one more year - especially after having had the year i've had both between the various health issues which - i have had to deal with combined with the loss of my sister - i just figured what's one more plant, right? - someone needs to bring them home after all - why not have it be me - and come on, lookit that precious pink color - how was i supposed to resist that once i laid eyes on it? - it was almost as if it was planned

have you ever experienced those kinds of moments - where everything sort of simply comes together very effortlessly - all you have to do is walk along merely connecting the so-called dots? - it's exactly how this was it went so smoothly - it was as though god himself had ordained the very transaction - nothing would prevent it from happening - i had such a peace about it which is why i followed through - and why it has resulted in providing me with...

a

happy day.....