365 Days Of Luck Day 50, Mrs. Prickle Takes A Nap, and Satellite Fun.

Just down the road from here there is a nice little house for rent. Too bad, it costs almost exactly my entire month's income. While I was looking at it on Google Earth, to see if it has a decent back yard, I slid over to these apartments and Lo! there is my car in the parking lot. I can see at once that the photo was taken in the spring of this year, as the first parts of the painting I did on the roof is clearly visible. 


What is less cuddly than a cactus? What is more cuddly than being tucked into bed with a soft, pink blanket?

This is a Mother's Day gift from years ago. It was just a little pencil of a cactus and I kept it for many a moon and was turning it to warp it into a spiral growth pattern. It got very large and grew arms and I named it Mrs. Prickle (sometimes I called it Tiggywinkle, too.) 
Alas! A few weeks ago it began to develop dried looking spots and in spite of my best efforts it shriveled up and fell down dead.


Originally posted January 18, 2015