Cactus flowers from yesterday and today.

Cactus flowers from yesterday and today. They are so pretty!

Echinopsis hybrid "Pooka"

Echinopsis "Salmon Queen"

Gymnocalycium Baldianum

I took this cute picture of Bear...

I took this cute picture of Bear the same day he needed help out of the pool.

He's getting brave. He almost jumped right in on Shaun today. 😂

I hope my Ponytail Palm was thirsty...

I hope my Ponytail Palm was thirsty, because it just rained for a few hours straight. 😬

I woke up stupid early...

I woke up stupid early with my neck hurting because these two were hogging my pillow.

Scar is such a brat. Always looking so sassy. 😂

The wind is ridiculous right now. 🙃

Edited to add:

The plants are all still standing.

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The wind is ridiculous right now. 🙃

I'm concerned that the large rocks I put on my Ponytail Palm won't be able to hold it in the pot. I guess we'll see if it's still standing in the morning. 😬

I rearranged my succulent shelf that's outside.

I rearranged my succulent shelf that's outside.

I had some softer plants (sedums, etc.) out there, but we've got bunnies or squirrels or someone mashing them down. The soft plants look awful, so I'm going to repot the parts that have survived and pamper them in the greenhouse.

Since I know my Agaves can do well in the full summer sun out here, I decided to put them on the shelf instead, as well as my Ponytail Palm (because they're related) and my barrel cactus. They'll all be fine out there; maybe even happier.

That pot of Prickly Pear on the left will get repotted soon. That's just where we were tossing pads that broke off, so it wasn't intentional that they are sitting so low in the pot.

About the Ponytail Palm, I still haven't watered it, but I did clean the brown leaves off. I also put rocks around the base TEMPORARILY because we not only have loads of sunshine, but wind, too. I tried leaving it out in full sun without the rocks, but it blew out of the pot. 😂 It's gotta get rooted and settled before I can remove them.

That weird, long, fuzzy cactus on the top left was a Wal-Mart special around 7 or 8 years back. It was one sad, etiolated piece in a damp pot. It has been super resilient through living indoors with grow lights, 3 moves, and all kinds of me learning the best way to care for it. I hope it's enjoying life now. 💚

We bought this cover for the bench in our bedroom...

We bought this cover for the bench in our bedroom so the cats wouldn't scratch it up.

Adrian decided it has a better use. 😂