For the past few weeks, things have been a bit rough. Health issues flared again. That added to the extreme heat we have been enduring made it a bad time to be outside. I was, once again, confined to the Little Bayou House. This would not have been a problem except this time I was hit with "no lifting, no stretching, no overworking" orders by the doctor. Work on the place came to a grinding halt. Sheer exhaustion caused me to miss something that I was long awaiting.
It was time for the first blooming of the cereus plants. Buds were literally hanging everywhere! Each plant had 5 to 9 buds ready to open. My plants were putting on quite the show and I so wanted to view it. Sadly, the exhausted body had other plans. With the plants blooming late at night, there was no earthly way I would be awake. It was all I could do to venture out before the sun fully set to take a few photographs. It saddened me to know the lovely blooms would go unseen.
One thing that did surprise me was the fact that a cutting that I had tossed in "Pebble Creek" (the glorified gutter drain) had a huge bud. The plant was not even in dirt! Cereus plants root extremely easy in just a bit of water but for it to bloom there was a rare thing. I felt bad for the plant and made a promise to get it in a pot as soon as the health permits. Bloom happy, Cereus Plants! Bloom happy. I am sorry to miss your beauty.
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