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I see the Cactus Grill at the Home Depot is not open yet.

Jaxx and Amica, relaxing by the fire in Santa Cruz on Christmas, while Benjamin and Jason were freezing their skinny whippet butts off in Idaho.
Late Night Addition to the Fun Time Happy Dance Craze
I’m going to be serious with you here; the blog is slow this week. But I think you should have a little fun time happy dance, so we here at the Cactus Blog present to you a You Tube Festival of Dancing Cacti.
Now I wouldn’t judge the rest of them by that one. Please, don’t judge them. Have a little bit of fun time happy dance.
See what I mean? There was no reason to judge that one from the first one. Now you get it! Some fun time happy dance for all!
Boy that’s a bit of very lazy blogging on my part. Try this one.
Happy Time! That was AAWWEESSOOMMEEEEE!!! (more…)
Some thick and colorful Aloe plicatilis buds.

Its a maniacal amount of hummingbird flowers.

We’ve been tracking the situation for months now.
Newt Gingrich, in the 80s, wrote this:
“The third-generation shuttle of the year 2020 should offer… a typical couple… a honeymoon trip into space for around $15,000.”
To the moon!
(via PATSP)
Merry Christmas
Editor’s Note: Blogging will be light this week.
2nd Editor’s Note since blogging will be light this week: Happy New Year
You’d like a clown fish tea light set? What, are you making fun of me?
It’s 3 already. We’re closing soon.

But I’ll wait here and keep the gate open for you.
The dogs were on route to Idaho yesterday, so I’m one day late with this. Joy sent this pic along from Idaho, near Twin Falls.

Its cold there.
Maybe you’d prefer a gnome tea light candle set.

You are running out of time…
May I suggest a polar bear tea light?

Post Solstice Succulent Blooms

Echeveria pulvinata x setosa
A customer pointed out that one if our succulent wreaths is coming into bloom.

Nice!
Some say I was wrong to post solstice blooms yesterday when today is the real solstice.
Enjoy this one then, today.

Arctostaphylos “Austin Griffiths”

Solano Ave. mixed succulents container in front of a salon. Hair? Nails? I don’t know.
Some of the native flowering currants are completely dormant this time of year.
This one isn’t.
Ribes sanguineum
The butterflies may not be out in force this time of year, but the Butterfly Milkweeds are.
Asclepias “Silky Gold”