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Succulent and cactus gardener. Also, a fan of art, science, democracy, retirement and my dog.📍 Bay Area
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A 'cat tails' Euphorbia (E. leucodendron) in crested form. It appears to be reverting to a normal growing pattern with stick-shaped branches growing out of the crested stems. #euphorbia #crested #succulents #plantsky #gardeningfeed

Forget all the annoying stuff in the world for a few seconds and enjoy the natural beauty of Brazil’s Seven-coloured Tanager (Tangara fastuosa) Photo: Luiz Cavalcanti Damasceno

Miqueliopuntia miquelii cactus are native to coastal Chile, including the Atacama desert, one of the driest places in the world. This mostly blue specimen is a less common variation. #cactus #plantsky #succulent #bigspines #gardeningfeed #eastcoastkin

Among the Ghost Trees - Lake Tutira, Hawke's Bay, NZ. #photography #landscape #nz #peaklight #foggymorning

All things bright and beautiful 😊 #bloomscrolling #gardeningfeed #garden #cottagegarden #flowers #floralphotography 🌱

happy bday writer Countee Cullen, b.1903. "Love, leave me like the light, The gently passing day; We would not know, but for the night, When it has slipped away. Go quietly; a dream, When done, should leave no trace That it has lived, except a gleam Across the dreamer's face.”

This pink ice plant (Lampranthus deltoides) has tiny, chubby blue-green leaves with pink tips that match the flowers. They're great in a pot and as a ground cover. #succulent #flowers #plantsky #succulentflowers #gardeningfeed

Perfectly gorgeous portrait of a boy holding his hooded falcon, painted by Wallerant Vaillant who was born on this day in 1623.

A small wild cactus, with bright pink flowers, blooming on rocky slope of a desert mountain. The only cactus on that part of the mountain, making a lovely, and resilient, statement – bloom, where one is… #NaturePhotography #Flowers #RockinTuesday #BloomScrolling #NaturesBeauty #Cactus #Bloom

Very pleased to see one of my mammillaria cactus is growing flower buds, its the first time any of my cactuses have done that 🌱🌵🪴📷 #Succulents #Cacti

This was a free cactus that was neglected and in pretty rough shape. After a few months of pampering it's growing new pads and looking good. I really like the form and the white fuzz. Possibly an Opuntia 'snow white.' #cactus #rescueplant #gardeningfeed #succulents #plantsky

Stick! It's Stick. It's Bug. It's both Bug and Stick. It's Stick Bug 🤎

White-winged #doves migrate to the Sonoran Desert to breed during the saguaro's flowering season, transferring pollen & facilitating pollination, plus dispersing seeds from the #cactus fruit. We have SO MANY doves this year! Pollinate and disperse away, my friends!

Last year, I planted this cutting from a tree aeonium in a shady area of my backyard. They love the sun, but they can also thrive in partial shade. One of the reasons they're a personal favorite. 🌱 #aeonium #succulent #gardening #plants #gardeningfeed #plantsky

Sadly I did not know this for the first 55 years of my life. They do not teach you this. This is absolutely true. And we should honor all of them this Memorial Day and always 

another visit back to the virga skies from early April from the Broadway Trailhead in Apache Junction☁️🌵⛰️☁️

Happy Friday! 💙 This one is my favorite of the lupine pics this year. I love the lush green and the blues together. #lupines #indianadunesnationalpark #millerbeach #flowers #nature #photography

This peanut cactus (Echinopsis chamaecereus) was not happy with me after a very rough first repotting (lost a long arm among other things). Now look, red flowers! 🌵 #cactus #plantsky #cactusflowers #succulent #gardeningfeed

Aeoniums are sun worshippers including this variegated "pink witch.' My favorite part is how their color changes and deepens in the spring and summer months. #Aeonium #succulents #plantsky #spring #plants

Great Horned Owl on Saguaro at dusk (1/125, f/6.3, ISO 1400, handheld) 🪶🦉🌵🌙

This is a 3 month update on the #Echeveria I won. The main plant is apparently splitting into two heads and the cresting floret is now living its best life in its own pot. 🌱 #Echeveria #succulents #plantsky #gardeningfeed

#cactus #arizona #flower Saguaro blooms in my backyard. These poor cactus are so stressed from dryness & lack of rain they're putting out a super bloom to assure reproduction. And not all of them are blooming this year. Maybe a third have no blooms at all like they're trying to save themselves.

Laila Shawa, Palestinian artist (1940-2022) whose work has been described as a personal reflection on politics and culture #womensart

A bumble bee doing its work at my local nursery yesterday. It spent a lot of time with these lovely yellow cactus flowers. #bumblebee #cactusflowers #bloomscrolling #flowers #succulents #photography

I titled this pic - Drama. This was the sky before the storms that hit Kentucky and Indiana a few days ago. #louisville #photography #riverlife #ohioriver

A Crassula 'shark's tooth' (aka red pagoda) that's lived in several microclimates in my yard. As a result, the growing pattern has a lot of variety. With more sun, the leaves grow in a pagoda shape. #crassula #sharkstooth #succulent #plantsky

Saw this impressive metal sculpture for sale at a pottery store today. I can't stop wondering who wants a 10 foot scorpion in their yard? #yardart #metalscorpion #gardening