dc cactus

only one cactus lives in my house, 

many, many years ago i found it on my way,

an old lady who had been looking after it  had died and

the people who were clearing out her house had put it 

outside in the garbage bin, i felt sorry for it and took it home.

every year in december it flowers,very vibrantly fuschia,

 and that is what it is doing right now,

it's a gentle cactus without  spines (lucky me)

but the collage i made is about another cactus, 

the opuntia, 

it not only produces the edible cactus fig but there's

also a very tiny lice living on it, the coccus cacti,

from which the crimson- coloured dye carmine

is derived,, it's extracted from it's body and eggs

and used as food colouring and as cosmetics.

made me wonder, when we humans find something we can use we use it,

even if it's very tiny and living on cacti

the wondrous mind of  Nadine brought us this week's theme,

please take a look at her inspiring blog tiny WOOLF for more cacti

enjoy your weekend

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