A few blooms from today. 😊

A few blooms from today. 😊

Why does that first pic remind me of a snail? 😂

Shaun tends to do traditional anniversary gifts...

Shaun tends to do traditional anniversary gifts, and the 7th year is copper or wool. We decided to have a Wool Experience and went to an Alpaca farm. It was a fun time. The highlight of the day was being handed a young Alpaca. They really don't weigh much, which is shocking.

Shaun wants a kinetic wind spinner, so I think we'll get a copper one for the yard when we find a nice one this year. Neither of these things happened/will happen on the actual day of our anniversary, but it doesn't matter. We both go with the flow and I think that's nice.

So the baby we're holding is Papito. The brown one who liked selfies is Brownie; I got a wool hat that reminds me of his fur. He kept creeping up over my shoulder when we were meeting Gordo, the tortoise. I can't remember who all we hugged and walked, but they let us meet everyone. There were like 8 Alpacas, a large Sulcata tortoise, a beautiful dog named Zeus, and some gorgeous chickens. Everyone was so friendly. Y'all know I was so happy. 😊❤️

We have water to the greenhouse!

We have water to the greenhouse! I'm so excited!

Maybe we'll get electricity done next (not just by extension cord). 😂

I spent some time in there today. Can anyone tell me the name of this plant? I have had it a long time and it's doing really well in the greenhouse, but I don't know what it is.

Also, look at the orange today! 🧡

Gymnocalycium flowers today!

Gymnocalycium flowers today!

Happy ¼ of a Century to Kira today!

Happy ¼ of a Century to Kira today! We're kind of on opposite schedules right now, so me and Shaun stayed up late to have birthday dinner with her. We hung out, talked, and watched music videos while we waited for the food to arrive. I always love hanging out with this girl. She's so funny and sweet!

Shadow got her some cute cupcake earrings, and we got her a Concha pillow. We're going shopping this weekend, so that should be a lot of fun!

Happy Birthday, Kira! It's been amazing watching you grow into such a beautiful young woman. We're so proud of you! 💙

This is what it's like...

This is what it's like when Bear wants to go to bed and the cats get all excited because they get wet food after Bear is tucked. Everyone crowds around Shaun and telepathically sends him their "I'm tired, I'm hungry" vibes. 😂

We're running water to the greenhouse soon.

We're running water to the greenhouse soon. We don't have a great spot to tap in without pulling up all of the landscaping we did last year, so we've got a different plan. It'll be great not to have to carry buckets and buckets of water out there. I'm excited. Hopefully, the ease of watering will help me keep my plants fat and happy this summer.

Captions on the pics. 😊

Probably my oldest plant. She's doing well.

The shelf I rearranged. I had the 6 large white pots all on the top together, but the black trays wouldn't fit 2 per shelf without hanging over the edge. This arrangement definitely makes more sense.

Pretty orange flowers! 🧡

I love the shape and color and texture of this weirdy. I also love the long black spines on the cactus behind it.

Cholla and Prickly Pair pieces from the yard plants. I don't know if the Teddy Bear Cholla we planted is gonna bounce back after the winter we had. If it doesn't, we have plenty of backup.