probable prickles

Yes, prickles, not pickles. We will be eating some pickles today, but first we may get our fingers pricked by cactus. The activity for this beautiful Sunday in sunny Mesa is creating a cactus garden. Aly is going to make one and we'll do one for G&G's deck as well. We saw some nice chunky barrel cacti today at the swap meet but they were a bit too big. I'd prefer starting small with this new project.

When we walked through the Botanical Gardens last February we saw such a wide variety of cacti and desert plants that were lush and beautiful. I would love to try and create something vast and fantastic, but will settle for small and cute.

I've been told one uses kitchen tongs to plant cactus--large or small. I hope mother doesn't mind when her tongs go missing!

Quote of the day from Gary Zukav;

"We have much to do together. Let us do it in wisdom, love and joy. Let us make this the human experience."

take care.