Succulents and flowers

Well, tonight, after I got home from work...I suddenly realized that I have tomorrow off! I am having to work the whole holiday weekend...but next week I will have Tuesday off for the holiday and then Friday, Sat and Sun next weekend!!! We are thinking of some fun day trips over that weekend for sure! Do you think I can get out of Florida for a day? It would be nice...even just to cross the Georgia border for some genuine fried catfish!!! I will have to see how long it would take us to get there and back. Hehehe....now that's what I'm talkin about!!!

Yeah to the American Idol winner! I am so happy for both of those young people! What a trip, eh?

So this morning I was looking out the window, and I thought I spotted a really amazing flower emerging from my Euphorbia Lactea (it would be a first)...so I ran out there...and found that several of the tips of the plant had turned a bright pink (sun). Oh well...maybe one day it will bloom!


These Cosmos are so sweet and delicate...I just love them...had to get a few close-ups!


Here is a pic of the Kalanchoe blooming on the front porch! Love that yellow color!

Have a happy Thursday everyone! I know I will...sitting around with my feet up on couch sipping iced tea and dreaming of fried catfish!!! :)

Happy Cactus Monday!

This post is for all, but especially for Evelyn over at Sensational Succulents since she particularly likes her pink plants!!!! Three shots of my Euphorbia lactea, with tips turning pink in the fall sun! So sweet! This plant was in the screenroom, but was moved out in full sun in a cactus tire a few months back and this is what is happening.


Then a few more shots of okra buds! Sorry...I know you are probably sick of seeing okra and flowers, but these sideways shots show how pretty they are with the red coloration showing on the outer bud. These could possibly be the most beautiful flowers I have ever seen, closed or open (and minus the aphids)...I AM IN LOVE!


P.S. The aphids are non-stop, and I have had to spray weekly with insecticidal soap, or a mixture of soap and water to attempt to keep them at bay. They are persistant and a real pain in the butt!

Succulent tire revised!

Today I got invigorated, partly because I have recieved and found such amazing Kalenchoes, and even though it is so darn hot outside, I just HAD to get one of my tires revised today. I had the time also, which is rare.

I took everything out, and decided to NOT put back in a few things. I am moving my Fairy Castle Cactus, the Thimble Cactus, and an aloe that I am not sure of the variety, into the screenroom. They were just not fairing as well as they should be in the full sun.

In their place I added in a Cereus forbesii monstrose (in the rear right of tire), and an Escobaria missouriensis with lots of small babies (in left hand side), the Ferocactus latispinus (round spiny guy in front), three peices of mammillaria (seen on far right of pic), and a Euphorbia lactea cristate (back left).

The pic in the middle is the backside of the tire, or the side away from where I look out and see it from my kitchen window. I washed and replaced my sea shells as the top dressing, and I think it looks all smart, snappy and delightful once again! YEAH!!! Have a good new life all my little beauties!!!