Something exciting has happened in my back garden overnight. We have this big pot with large leaves standing under my favourite Jacaranda tree for some years. In the last 2 weeks some buds having been growing out from the leaves, slowing turning into these by yesterday morning....



At about 9-10pm last night the buds, 15 in all, bloomed.......



however, by this morning, when I investigated, they have all closed up and wilted :(....



Those clever gardening cats Jonesie and Siena told us these are Night blooming cereus, a cactus plant with extraordinary large and beautiful white flowers that bloom only once and just for a few hours at night in late spring to mid summer. However, 15 is a bumper crop. In the past, only 1-2 buds would develop every year. Oh well, hope that's a good sign that we will be getting more of these beautiful blooms in years to come.

On the other paw, please welcome my new Squillion, Mini, who has arrived this morning. There has been some delay in the paper work and, like me, Mini enjoyed exploration and disappeared into the ethernet on her way from the shelter to us in Oz. All is well now that she is safely ensconced in my blog page side bar