A cheater Cactus Monday, and a weed walk!

I confess to not having a real cactus anything ready today, so I am showing you these ultra cool and cute little Cactus Pups! You can find them HERE! I think they are so adorable...but I still can't find a good reason to spend the money for them...and where would I put them? Maybe a new collection...maybe just one to take in my car, like Claude from Random Rants and Prickly Plants, with his pocket Buddha! Well.....maybe.....

Now, you may be wondering why I would be taking pictures of weeds??? Well...Doozey and I were taking a block around the block and I noticed 6 different little flowering types of weeds in everyones swale areas. I figured I would return with my camera, and yes...I did...but too late...by 4pm they were all closing up. The best pic is the last one of this absolutely adorable little white ball of bell like projections! It is so beautiful when seen close up! I love discovering beauty in small...sometimes very teeny types of things! There were 2 types of purple flowering weeds, 2 types of yellow, and two whites....but here is all you get for today. I will have to have another go at it next weekend when I can spend the time in the morning hours!

Hope everyone has a wonderful Monday and upcoming week! Now...I have 6 more days to try and think of a really fantastic cactus idea!!! LOL. xoxo

Just a little hello!

Just a note to say hi.

I am nearly fully recovered from a cold I had this past week. I must say it was the shortest episode of a cold EVER, and I am crediting it to a product called Emergen-C. Have you all tried it? It comes in little packets, and mine were lemon-lime flavored, but they come in a variety of flavors. You just pour the packet into water, or I added mine to a single serve bottle of grapefruit juice also, and it was not bad. These things have 1000 mg. Vit C in each packet, plus a variety of other vitamins and minerals. All I can say is WOWZERS-ZING-BANG-POP...it worked. I am prone to cold always settling in my lungs too, and this one did not do that. It was nearly gone in 2 days, which is a record for me!

Otherwise there is nothing happening here. Quite boring. Went to a book store today to look for a book. Here it is:


You can go to the authors webpage to see a trailer about the book. It looks like it will be a tear jerker...about a love of family...a bond between child and parent. My boss recommended this book to me...I will give it a try, as long as I don't start crying too hard! Believe me, I can blubber like nobody's business!!! LOL.

I trimmed my little portulaca bonsai, and have been watching a lot of movies on TV while recovering. Oh...also visited a little organic/natural food cafe down the street...a new place...and the owner was raised in LA, so there is a lot of California influence in the food...I LOVED IT! Am waiting to go back for breakfast one day to sample to OCEAN OMELET...lobster meat with tomatoes and avacado! YUM!

Just discovered...

a new Cactus Monday member! Her name is MESSYFISH, and her blog is full of cactus and art! WOW! She is an A SUCCULENT LIFE's dream come true blogger! Just like many others of you out there!!! I told her I would introduce her on my blog, and I hope everyone can go over and check her out. I thought of many of you as I read her blog, and here are three of you that she made me think of:

1. STAPELIAD, beacause you are both around the same age with a young child, both of you love art, and cacti.

2. Serena Lewis, because you are both Australian artists, and with similar spiritual values.

3. WICKED GARDENER, beacuse her garden space reminds me of yours for some reason!

If there are any of you macrobiotic eaters out there, then you will love to visit MESSYFISH, for sure!!!

Welcome to Cactus Monday Messyfish!!!
Julie

Happy Cactus Monday!

Mr. Mantis jumping on a prickly pear cactus pad in full sun!

I made this with patterned paper, a cut out mantis from a magazine, diamonds (rhinestone-like embellishments), Sharpie pen, Micron pen, metallic gold gel pen, and my trusted glue stick!!! I love this! Sparkles make all the difference! Click on image to see details. HCM everyone!

On Super Bowl Sunday...

I saw something different in a football!