Thank you!............

This was the view out my dining room window yesterday afternoon.  

Thank you everyone for the happy birthday wishes yesterday.  I was going to answer all of them but then decided a group thank you would have to do.

My granddaughter brought me lunch from one of my favorite places and a friend brought me a decadent dessert last evening.

I didn't sew a stitch.  I gave my daughter-in-law 2 of my cactus plants so I'm down to 12 plants of the Thanksgiving (pointed ends) variety, 2 spring or Easter cactus and one pot of Christmas Cactus (rounded ends) that has 5 pieces in it.  A friend in CO sent me the starts and I planted them all together.  I have buds on several plants now and one might be blooming by next week.  I repotted my champagne color cactus which broke into 3 pieces and one of them has buds already.  I potted 2 others that were small pieces left from larger plants in a pot together.  One is pale pink and the other is red.  I used a combination of compost from a friend, Miracle Gro potting soil and Perlite so I hope that encourages growth.