Cacti in peak spring bloom,
bursting to rival spring flowers.
Citron, ruby, pearl, amethyst.
A bejeweled thorn garden,
with cactus fairies dressed in buds.
Queen Yucca reigns,
while lowly barrel floats cellophane flowers.
Arid desert landscape,
yields burgeoning blooms.
Cheers to you from the flowering desert~
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These are very pretty flowers. 🙂
Thank you Ranu & be well my friend~ <3
omg Cindy, I just saw your most recent.. with the colour and bright sunshine… same planet, so different…. =^_^=… we will soon pass into summer…. you due to travel soon?
It is amazing isn’t it, this “same planet, so different” phenomona. I think of this all the time, and yes we have been home for five months now which is a record. Crossing the pond and heading to Spain and Portugal soon. Be well my friend~ <3
Wonderful ! I am into cacti now and they are so “in” at the moment too.
Are they in? I didn’t know. My grandfather had the most amazing cactus garden and I learned to love them from him~
I’m working on one of my own (cacti garden). Yes, definitely “a thing” now – Google it!
I will and good luck with your garden!
I needed this with winter arriving here all over again. Huge hugs and smiles.
I heard about your storms and I am so sorry. Hope the sun shines soon on you Belinda. You deserve sunshine my friend~ <3
Oh wow, that cactus fairy is so cool. Great photos!
Isn’t she cool! You can tell she loves the dress~ 😉
Gorgeous blooms! My favorite is the last photo! Totally awesome! Hugz Cindy! Lisa and Bear
Cactus gardens need the color of flowers to provide contrast to set frame them. I love the splash of red there too. Lovely~
Today I needed that embrace of the beautiful flowers. You are such a gem, thanks for sharing!
If you needed it, and I could provide it, then I am blessed Wendell. Only the very best to you my friend~ <3
My God Cindy… what a beauty! 🙂 🙂
Every garden needs it’s season to shine! So pleased you enjoyed Mirna and cheers to you~
🙂 🙂
Beautiful flowers and great shots !!!
I love very much Cacti and Succulents !
I have some in my yard 🙂
They are so fun to grow and watch bloom. I am happy you have some. They spread too and get big and have babies which is wonderful too!
So beautiful! I love cacti. You really captured them nicely.
Thanks so much and I am very glad you enjoyed!
More amazing beauty! Lovely, Cindy!! 🌵🌺
Awwww, for you my friend, anything. So happy you enjoyed! <3
These are such lovely photos! The cactus fairy is beautiful!
Isn’t she beautiful. She has my kind of designer duds! 😉
She is!
<3
Garden wonders! 🙂
Indeed, gardens soothe the human soul. Happy Spring Bette! <3
Beautiful photos, Cindy, as always! I love the cactus fairy. What a beautiful garden design with cactus plants!
Cactus gardens are always interesting, but in the spring bloom they come alive with beauty. So pleased you see the beauty Lavinia~
gorgeous Cindy
Awww, wish I could give you blooming Yucca flowers. They are everywhere here~
my yucca, just finished………well some of them anyway
So glad you have them! I love the different colors and especially love the purple and whites.
And cheers to you and the flowering desert! Love the cactus fairy!
She is the bestest dressed fairy ever! 😉
Amazing and to think they’re outside. Wow…gorgeous photographs.
Awwww, you are such a good friend. Thank you~
Such marvelous exuberance! Stunning!
If it pleased you Eliza, then I am happy my friend~ <3
I have never seen such a lovely cacti garden, Cindy. Love the female sculpture with cascading plants — very unique!
She is lovely isn’t she and so pleased you enjoyed the gardens Athena!
Lovely, Cindy! Isn’t it amazing that the somewhat ugly cacti can have such gorgeous flowers?
Yes it is, especially with these fearsome thorns protecting the most delicate of flowers~
Once I had a cactus my daughter made me when she was in the second grade. It only bloomed once. I kept it for many years till it finally looked sad.
Oh, sounds like a mother’s love to keep it for so long, sweet and kind of sad too. Time passes~ <3
The colors are so amazing, Cindy. I really liked the Princess and her cacti fairies! This is such a wonderful collection that I had to look 3 times, extra slowly. The final tree-like cactus formation made me feel like this belongs by the “pearly gates.” <3
Your comments touched my heart Robin, but you always do. I am lucky to have friends like you~ <3
Wow amazing color!
I couldn’t include all it. There are oranges and pinks, it is incongruous all together, but very pleasing to the soul. It is the desert spring show!
I never knew they were so colorful
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So much of beauty in your post 🙂
Makes me happy I posted! Thank you~
Amazing the colours of those cactus flowers.
Leslie
Aren’t they incredible, especially growing from such formidable plants!
I have never seen desert flowers this beautiful, colorful. So very special, Cindy.
A bejeweled thorn garden, wow! Blow me away…. 🙂
You are so thoughtful and such a dear friend Amy. Thank you~
Such a wide variety of beauty that I don’t see. Love the cactus fairy.
Awwww, that makes me happy. Thank you~
Just wonderful Cindy!
Merci beaucoup mon ami~
De Nada!
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I love it when the desert blooms. The cactus fairy is stunning 🙂 What a creative idea.
Succulents are being grown in such creative ways, on walls, as topiary, in trellis pockets, fountains. I have seen them on a multi-storied house draping from balcony to balcony, I love the creativity too!
How nice to see in the middle of the April snowstorm we’re having!
I know, I can’t believe your storms. So glad if this warmed you up just a bit!
What an amazing display of different kinds of cactus. This compelled me to search online to find out how many types there really are, and the answer is “about 2,000”! Love the narrative! Thanks for transporting us to this magical land of cactus fairies! 🙂
Whoa! I had no idea! 2000 is incredible Lynn. Thanks for telling me!
Love your desert wonders, Cindy. Living in Northern Canada, this is a wonderful photographic journey for me. 🙂
It is a very different type of beauty isn’t it. Fascinating to know that life florishes in such different ecosystems. I will be in Canada in September. Can’t wait for my date with the grizzlies!
Lovely! Hope you have an amazing visit. 🙂
Thanks much and Happy Thursday! <3
I never knew the desert could grow such beautiful flora.
It is one of the most unusual aspects of the desert and always thrills me to see. Life in harsh conditions.
Yes, wish we could transfer that to mankind – if we can just get past our prejudices…there can be beauty in the harsh conditions …
Love this!
Ah, so glad you do & thank you~
I can’t get over the incredible colors and varieties! And they’re all stunning! 💕🌷
Aren’t they amazing. When I was a kid my grandfather grew many hundreds of cacti that flowered in the most amazing colors. I still have his photos.
What a treasure to have his photos!
These pictures are beautiful! They make me miss Tucson and our cactus garden we had there! I think the beauty of the desert is one of nature’s best kept secrets!!! Thank you for sharing these gems!
I think you are right! Either it speaks to you or not, but it certainly does to me. I love the incongruity of so much vibrant life is such a hostile place.
Yes, I believe there are many people who have no idea how beautiful the desert can be. And a wonderful place to live. We also never experienced so much wild life as in the desert. It is magical!
We are fully on the same page. You should see the photos I got today of Wiley E. Coyote at 11:20 in the morning checking out the kiddie pool we have set up for wildlife watering. He was checking out the pool and the photographer. Love it!
Some amazing colours there Cindy.
xxx Massive Hugs xxx
Hugs & be well David!
Such beautiful vivid colors and of course I LOVE that garden fairy! 🙂
She is special isn’t she, like the Snow White of cacti!
Cindy– such vibrant colors– love the succulent lady!! Hope all’s well with you… xo
Visa versa 2UX2 Rhonda & thank U2!
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Cindy Knoke captures the beauty of the desert with these stunning images of blooms that seem to exist on very little.
I wish I could give some big, beautiful yucca blooms Sally! Be well my friend~ <3
They are stunning Cindy.. hugs XX
Stunning!
Muchas gracias!
Absolutely outstanding, Cindy, especially the cactus fairy. —- Suzanne
She is stylin’ isn’t she! She has excellent taste in haberdashery~
Smashing photos Cindy! Those not familiar with the desert often don’t realise the natural beauty that rears her head especially in the summer. I grew up on the edge of the Mojave. Alas, for me, it also holds some memories I prefer to forget. bisous!
Ah yes, the bitter unfortunately mixed in with the sweet. Love to you Lea and hope all is well with you in beautiful France. <3 <3
Perhaps one day I shall see you in Place de Ville, Narbonne for café or rosé… 🙂
Fabulous, Cindy! 🙂
Merci beaucoup mon ami!
Gorgeous, Cindy. I love cacti!
Oh good! Some people don’t appreciate them, so I am glad you do!
Oh my goodness, I LOVE that “statue” with various succulents and flowers growing so naturally in that shape – stunning I reckon and clever
I agree with you! She is exceedingly well dressed, and for haute couture, not at all pricey. My kind of clothes! 😉 😉
😀
Gorgeous.
Thank you Mary~
Isn’t it wonderful that cacti can bring forth such gorgeous flowers? You’ve captured them perfectly Cindy. I love the cacti fairy! Wish I could reach in and grab her for my garden. She is stunning! 😀 ♥
Cacti remind of some people, prickly, but beautiful! 😉 So pleased you enjoyed and cheers to you!