Monday, November 12. 2007
Florida Cactus
A moment in nature courtesy of the Tampa Bay News:
Nice.
I just got off the phone with my Uncle Clarence....
He sees the world through the eyes of an artist and naturalist and lives each moment.
Down my driveway lives a cactus my uncle gifted me several years ago.
“This was a piece of the cactus your grandmother grew in her garden. It won’t grow very large, but blooms with the most incredible, bright white and yellow blossoms. She treasured it as I’m sure you will. When I saw your beautiful garden I so wanted to gift you something to remember her and me by.”
Yes, well remembered. In fact the whole neighborhood will remember the beautiful white and yellow flowers of my grandmother’s cactus blooming in late summer. The large blossoms seem to dwarf the small cactus in their size and beauty.
With gloved hands I planted the little cactus in my garden. It tucked itself obscurely in among the palms and palmettos until it realized the warm weather of its new home was, for the most part, year round.
He sees the world through the eyes of an artist and naturalist and lives each moment.
Down my driveway lives a cactus my uncle gifted me several years ago.
“This was a piece of the cactus your grandmother grew in her garden. It won’t grow very large, but blooms with the most incredible, bright white and yellow blossoms. She treasured it as I’m sure you will. When I saw your beautiful garden I so wanted to gift you something to remember her and me by.”
Yes, well remembered. In fact the whole neighborhood will remember the beautiful white and yellow flowers of my grandmother’s cactus blooming in late summer. The large blossoms seem to dwarf the small cactus in their size and beauty.
With gloved hands I planted the little cactus in my garden. It tucked itself obscurely in among the palms and palmettos until it realized the warm weather of its new home was, for the most part, year round.
Nice.
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