Meet our Night Blooming Cereus!She currently is laden with close to 100 buds
in various stages of bloom.
Our cactus beauty stands gracefully tall and proud
watching over the front of our house by day
and
wishing us the sweetest of dreams by night.
For the last several nights now
she has "tucked us in" with one spectacular show
after another.
Magically, each night multiple
saucer-sized snowy white blooms, tipped in crimson and green,
slowly open wide to face the black, inky sky,
dazzling the stars and other creatures of the night.
Then, like "fairytale Cinderellas",
they bid a hasty adieu before the light of the coming of dawn
takes a peek of their spectacular glory...
They simply and silently curl up in the light of the new day
their starlit escapade fading to fond memories.
"Cactus Monday"
14 comments:
Gorgeous,Stunnng work! Love this piece!!
This one has a real romantic feel about it Margaret, wonderful!
Pure poetry....both the drawing and your description of "her"! Love it.
GORGEOUS! You've made me want to see one of these in person--what a treat to see just before retiring for the night!
lovely....happy cactus monday cactuteer.
ps love the music too. so enjoyable and welcoming.
OMG, you have one of these beauties in your yard??!!! They are so gorgeous. Maybe someday I will be in Tucson when these blooms happen at Tohono Chul.
Stunningly done!
WOW, that is really effective on the black paper!
Beautiful! I love the glowing color!
Wow this is beautifully done. I cannot wait to see one in person!
What a beauty. I'm behind on visiting, need to find time to slowly go through some of your other posts. I scanned through real quick and like what I saw.
Summer is always so busy around here...
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Gorgeous cactus painting. You could have a cactus viewing party. What fun it would be to sit and anticipate the next opening.
Hi Margaret!
Thanks once again for your kind words. And thank you for bringing so much beauty into this world, darkened with sorrow.
Mark
It's so pretty and beautifully rendered, Margaret! A friend of mine has one of the giant, night-blooming cacti in her backyard....incredible flowers!
beautiful colours.
all round great.
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