“The RoseBouquet”

Last year they disappointed us altogether, but when I called Aunt Margaret she advised to put them out in the cold for a few weeks to give them a shock; then they would bloom. We did, and we had fine, beautiful pink blossoms on all of them for Easter week.

I put them out in the cold sunroom again at the beginning of December, and noticed about a week before Christmas that two of the seven pots (or cans) of cacti had tiny pink points at the tips. I was sick then, so I asked Dad to bring them in. He brought in the whole bunch and we spread them through several rooms. - But no pretty flowers for Christmas.

Now, almost a month later, all but one are in glorious pinks! I took some photos last night with a tiny mini-digital I received as a gift, but it is a toy, and the colours are not very true. Still, just to give you a peek, I’ve put up a photo-story page on them.
Check it out with Cacti-mitts (Dad also finished knitting himself a pair of alpaca yarn mitts yesterday. You can see them there too).