After being gone for three weeks, I had to check out the state of the garden–at least around the pool. Certainly not as lush as the cactus flowers in Arizona. These will, however, remain the year through.
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For Cee’s FOTD
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
BEAUTIFUL, THANKS~! And no thorns~!
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Those lush cactus flowers probably won’t be so lush for several years to come, either! Yours garden is still beautiful!
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Don’t they bloom every year?
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They do bloom every year, but the number of blossoms depends upon the temperatures and the water supply during the winter — sometimes there might be only 3 or 4 blossoms on a plant that size, and other years can be like this one. There must have been good rains in Phoenix when the temp was just right to generate such prolific blooming!
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Your garden survived your trip 😀 😀
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It did. A but brown and sketchy in areas, but hopefully the rainy season will mend that.
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So pretty, Judy!
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You do what I do after being away for a while. Love your garden Judy 🙂 🙂
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Thanks, Bushboy..
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What? You were in Arizona? In Phoenix?! Next time you come, we must get together!
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Oops.. either I didn’t know or didn’t remember that’s where you lived. I was there for three weeks. Just returned to Mexico two days ago.
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Oh my. The colors! You live in the midst of the most wonderful and riotous colors in the world!
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I know.. and I love it, Marilyn.
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