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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