"The Last (Cactus) Hurrah..."

...at least for the month of November...

(...gone already!)

drawn here with a few of her remaining autumnal friends.

Geesch!

Just where did the month go!!!???

Happy Cactus Monday All! :)

"Every day has been so short,

every hour so fleeting,

every minute so filled with the life I love

that time for me

has fled on too swift a wing."
~Aga Khan III

"The Seasonal Magic..."

...and holiday anticipation

of these last few days of October is now upon us!

Just what will this festive time reveal?

Well...

how about a little desert style "Happy Cactus Monday"

to get the party started!!! :)

(Psst...stay tuned for a full week packed with pumpkin "palette-y" posts!)

“I would rather sit on a pumpkin,

and have it all to myself,

than be crowded on a velvet cushion.”
~Henry David Thoreau

"A Dual Purpose Post..."

...A perky prickly pear for Cactus Monday players

and, also...

a funky little Illustration Friday drawing...

based on the theme

from a few weeks back: "Pattern."

Say!

Why not seek out and enjoy

some new patterns in your routine today?

Have a great one! :)

“Do not become paralyzed and enchained

by the set patterns which have been woven of old.

No, build from your own youthful feeling,

your own groping thought

and

your own flowering perception.”
~Lotte Lehmann

"Autumnal Glow..."

Happy Cactus Monday All!

"Just before the death of flowers,

And before they are buried in snow,

There comes a festival season

When nature is all aglow."

~Author Unknown

"Back in the Desert Again..."

The Autumnal Desert...day(above)...and night (below)

...and what a scorcher of a day we had yesterday...

a record breaking 107 degrees!

It is supposed to be the same today too.

The best part about this extended heat is that

the nights cool down

very nicely

and

the Fall season is here.

(So...this heat cannot last forever...now can it?)

Fingers and toes crossed...:)
Have a beautifully "autumnal" Cactus Monday all!

"Autumn's the mellow time."
~William Allingham