late bloomer ....

My "Christmas Cactus".  This plant is pretty funny.  Every year it blooms before Christmas....  in November actually.  Flowers, of course, are then long gone by Christmas.

What now?.... a single guy appeared several days ago.  As I walked past it I was thinking ..wonder why that little nub just didn't fall off when the others did.  And, why haven't I noticed it earlier?  I almost flicked it off and tossed it into the pot as I usually do with the little bits that never become flowers.

On closer inspection... a live one!

And today??

Wow.

I crawled right under the coffee table and took one from the underside .... because to me...that looks more like it should be topside.  Best angle to me... what a beauty!

Maybe the snowflakes coaxed it along.....

typical spring day ...

Well, okay if not totally typical.... it happens.... especially here in the foothills...... and we haven't had any snow all winter to speak of ...so what made us think it was over already?

Some golf courses were set to open today....aha.... that's the reason then.....sure fooled them.  Those "flakes" were so big you could hear them plop when they hit the ground.  Very wet.
And, it's been up as high as +20C some days already...so it won't stay.  The ground is warm inside now... well, a bit anyway.

Oh, well.....it's a good day for staying home and doing some baking .... Apple Streusel Crumb Cakes..... tiny cakes...in muffin cases.  A new recipe from a fellow food blogger ....

I do feel more like digging out the Christmas tree and decorating it for the weekend........ really I do.  It could be fun.  And, it would have the neighbours talking.