Garden Bathing on Saturday

Copyright 2015 AJ Horton

Hello on Saturday.  Today I  remembered listening to my grandmother years ago as she would tell me stories about bathing.  Apparently, they only took a real bath on Saturdays.  There were very hard economic times when my grandmother was growing up and her family did the best possible.  When the garden was being watered this morning and the cardinal began bathing I was, once again, reminded of my grandmother's story of Saturday bathing.  This cardinal wanted a refreshing sensation on a hot summer day and he got it.  And I got to record it.  I know I post a good many birds on my blog.  Today's cardinal enjoying the garden watering was too good to resist!  I feel as though I would have done an injustice to you today if I had not taken the time to place him on display.

I hope you had as wonderful a Saturday as I.  Thank you for looking.  See you tomorrow.

Friday's Christmas in June

Copyright AJ Horton

Happy Friday!!  Today is Christmas.  Christmas Cactus that is.  This particular Christmas Cactus was my grandmother's, which then became my mother's and now, well, it's mine, so it's been around for a long time.  I'm really trying to keep it alive.  Trust me, it has almost "bit the dust" a couple of times, but I am so very serious about it living for me.    So, it's blooming now, even though it's a "Christmas"  cactus.  I don't care, I am just glad it's alive.  Of course, I could have just gone to some website to see how to take care of it - and now I have several more of these plants - but I didn't.  Not until tonight, anyway.  So, "green thumb" land, here I come.  I will take care of my grandmother's and mother's Christmas Cacti and any other "green" gifts I acquire for as long as I am able.  Then I will pass them on to younger care givers/"green thumbers".

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas today - well, Friday!  I'm the one that had the great "Christmas" today.  Thanks for looking and enjoying "Christmas" with me.  See you tomorrow.