Merry Christmas from my Schlumbergera

[lblanchard]

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Originally uploaded by lb_philly.

Once again blooming well on Christmas Day, these are Schlumbergera truncata 'gold charm' (left) and 'Xmas flame' (right). I got mine from Whitton Greenhouses in April 2007.


EDITED TO ADD: There have been juncos in our little backyard for the past three days. I've started feeding the birds and trying to keep an extremely annoyed Scamp indoors.

Last night last thing I noticed that the Scamp had helpfully placed -- on the living room floor under the piano next to my little USB keyboard (where I keep it when I'm not using the ASUS), and precisely where I would want to use it if I happened to be keyboarding on the living room floor -- a dead mouse. I thought about photographing it, since on one level it's such a sight gag. But then I decided it was just too gruesome. Apparently all wasn't calm last night after all. Roy did the funeral rites, involving a paper towel and a trash can.

Comments

[karenkay.livejournal.com]

I love the mouse + keyboard! So grateful I don't use one...

The Christmas cacti are lovely; such delicate colors.

[kightp.livejournal.com]

Clearly, Scamp was giving you a Christmas present!

The cacti are gorgeous. Which reminds me:



(No, that's not *entirely* your jade cutting - click through to Flickr for a note - but I wanted to prove I actually planted this one rather than letting it languish in a shot glass! essaying gets the credit for bringing me the big plant on her visit last month, but the little one is doing quite nicely tucked in next to it.)

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

Nice to see the little jade has made it this time.

[momomom.livejournal.com]

I love the winter Junco visits.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

It's a big deal for us in the middle of the concrete jungle. Our usual fauna are house sparrows, pigeons, rats/mice and roaches. And fleas and aphids and mosquitos.

To have a pair of juncos -- and, this afternoon, a bright red male cardinal -- is a real treat.