cactus bloom!

Last year we planted prickly pear cactus in front of our barn-house and the plants have thrived through the cool winter and wetter-than-average spring. Sometimes a pad would break off — Bill just popped it into the soil somewhere else and it took off growing as well!

Bill took a photo of this, our very first bloom, a couple of weeks ago just before it fully opened. Last Wednesday I drew it from the photo while I was waiting for my chemo infusion — the last straight lines I was able to draw for a while as the chemo causes my hands to shake for about a week!