Can’t believe I forgot to post this for the first time in 10 years! Here is my Jan 8 FOTD a day late. Mia Culpa. It’s the huge cactus below the pool, catching the first rays of the morning that have just peekied over the house. These little balls are as close as it ever gets to flowering.
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This gorgeous bloom was a surprise popup in a planter near the hot tub and pool. Evidently planted in a past year, it thankfully reemerged this year.
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When I reached into this cluster of assorted succulents and grabbed this dried leaf to pull it from the branch, it wriggled in my fingers and pulled away from me. Only then did I realize that it was a cocoon! I forgot to check it again today, but there was certainly evidence of life within it yesterday. Yes, of course I left it. Curious to see what emerges, if I’m lucky enough to observe it.
Post Script: Unfortunately, I waited too long. I actually took that photo on Dec. 30. Went out today (Jan. 3) to inspect it and it was gone. Not one evidence of anything every being there. I searched all the remaining plants that I could see and nada. Brian thinks it was a Case Moth or Bag Worm, and I think he is correct. Guess we’ll never know for sure, though. So sorry that I didn’t keep better track of it.
For Cee’s FOTD
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