Christmas Cactus

Ok, I'll admit it - I am behind on blogging about some of my more random activities of the past few weeks. What can I say? Life got in the way. However, today is a Leap Day - so, suspend disbelief and grant me this opportunity to say a few of the more random things on my mind.

This is a picture of my Christmas Cactus.

This Christmas Cactus is proof that my thumb in not completely brown (although at the moment my peace lily would disagree - but that is a topic for another conversation, and clearly will not bring me peace to discuss it here).

As I was saying, this is a picture of my Christmas Cactus. This picture of my Christmas Cactus was taken at wait for it - wait for it - the week after Christmas. I must first make note that the cacti in my apartment started to bloom on December 21 and remained in full flower until well after the 1st of the year. Yes, this is the ideal time for a Christmas Cactus to bloom and proof that my thumb has a little bit of green running through it. Phew, I was worried for a moment that I had lost all of those science inclined tendencies while working in the performing arts. BUt this cactus and it's Christmas blooms, well it has restored faith in my science background. And this faith can justify the tens of thousands of dollars I spent earning a science degree.

Umm, ok, maybe that is a step too far - even if it is leap day.

Ok, perhaps all this picture really proves is that I can keep a plant alive and maybe, just maybe, someday I could keep a pet alive.

What?

What was that you sad?

Cacti by nature are extremely low maintence and are best left unattended.

Drat.

Hmm, well does it count that I have kept these plants alive for over two years? Come on now...that's got to be worth something. Seriously.

Le Sigh.