pretty...

...in pink

is a cactus bloom

''tis the season - when you see them out in full force - this particular one however - hasn't bloomed in many years - so many in fact that i'd forgotten - it was pink! - imagine that! - forgetting my favorite color - why that's just unthinkable - yet it happened due to the darn - plant being dormant for so long

but now this year is the season - of new hope, rebirth, new life - for my little plant - it doesn't get much more exciting than that - oh yes, well it does lead to...

a

happy day.....