Following Dreams: Cacti

Monday 11 April 2016

Cacti

So today at work I found myself in the vicinity of a good garden centre which labels it's cacti and succulents. So I brought four little ones.

Astrophytum capricorne aka the goats horn cactus
Mammilaria painteri
Copiapoa tenuissima
Astrophytum ornate aka the star cactus

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101 Things

105) Learn Bead Embroidery
104) Sandbanks Ferry
103) Carnglaze Caverns
102) Cut hair and go grey
101) Rogue theatre
100) RPS training
99) Visit Houghton House
98) Visit Japanese Garden
97) Be with my Mother as she died
96) Do a Eulogy
95) Visit Mithraic Temple Museum
94) Eat in Chinatown
93) Visit Leake Street
92) Visit Half Moon Inn
91) Eat at shell bay and watch sunset over Brownsea Island
90) Corfe Castle
89) Air bnb
88) Afternoon tea at Luton Hoo
87) Sail fjords
86) Artic Circle
85) Visit Gudvagen and Voss
84) Visit Alnes lighthouse
83) Visit Giske Church
82) Anna Rogda ship at Harstad
81) Tirpitz tour and museum
80) Northern lights planetarium, Tromso
79) Artic Cathedral, Tromso
78) Visit Molde and Bud
77) Ice hotel, Alta
76) Saw harbour porpoises
75) Flam railway
74) Dog sled ride
73) Visit Atlantic Highway
72) Hakons Hall
71) Bergen Furnicular
70) See Northern Lights
69) Go to Norway
68) Drink cocktails in a cocktail bar
67) Museum of Witchcraft, Boscastle
66) Jigsaws
65) Ottmar Horl mole
64) Cook persian food
63) Make sorbet
62) Cards Against Humanity
61) Visit Ingleby Greenhow for the view
60) Visit St Andrews Upleatham
59) Visit Saltburn
58) Visit Goathland and the Moors
57) Pirate day!!
56) That Lariat x2
55) See Laboratorium Piesni
54) Power Hunt
53) Halloween gift exchange
52) Go to cinema
51) Spa day with sensory garden
50) Got a new mattress
49) Do up house and garden
48) Visit Wrest Park
47) Visit the Lizard
46) Complete one small step
45) See Alice Cooper
44) See the Mission
43) Visit Suzi
42) Visit Ottawa
41) Visit Montreal
40) Buy sausages in Germany
39) Buy chocolate in Belgium
38) Wild Woodland Ball
37) Boat trip at Meva
36) Afternoon tea
35) Dress up as Britannia
34) Oporto river trip
33) Visit Lisbon Castle
32) Stand on the glass viewing platform at Gabe Girao
31) Toboggan on Madeira
30) Monte Palace Gardens
29) Cable car on Madeira
28) Visit Madeira
27) Visit Sete Cidades
26) Visit the buried lighthouse at Capelhinos
25) Visit three of the Azores
24) First cruise
23) Athena Bracelet
22) Beetle Brooch
21) Visit 2 sets of ancient stones
20) Visit 4 beaches
19) Find raw asbestos in a rock
18) Dream catcher - white TC
17) JB Black Top Necklace
16) Spot us on national TV
15) See Duran Duran at Eden
14) Multi-coloured dress necklace
13) Acquire a three piece suite
12) Cactus Show
11) Reconcile with a relative
10) Make an Enchanted Lake necklace
9) Saved the Euphorbia!
8) Sleep Away (3 places)
7) Eat Out
6) Make an Occuli Bracelet
5) Make a Rattle
4) Read 600 books
3) Visit Tregothnan
2) Dream catcher - Green RT
1) New plants! (Lots)

Books Read

44) All the Little Liars, Charlaine Harris
43) The Breaking Light, Heather Hansen
42) Rose and Thorn, Connie Suttle
41) The Rose Mark, Connie Suttle
40) Windburn, Shannon Mayer
39) Firestorm, Shannon Mayer
38) Breakwater, Shannon Mayer
37) Recurve, Shannon Mayer
36) Hisses & Honey, Shannon Mayer
35) Fangs & Fennel, Shannon Mayer
34) The Chemist, Stephenie Meyer
33) Hier of Fire, Sarah J Maas
32) Court of Wings & Ruin, Sarah J Maas
31) Crimson Death, Laurell K Hamilton
30) No Middle Name, Lee Child
29) Squanto Friend of the Pilgrims
28) The Midnight Line, Lee Child
27) Double or Nothing, Craig Schaefer
26) The Castle Doctrine, Craig Schaefer
25) Red Knight Falling, Craig Schaefer
24) The Wind in his Heart, Charles De Lint
23) Sleep Like a Baby, Charlaine Harris
22) Perfect, Cecelia Aherne
21) Flawed, Cecelia Aherne
20) Venom and Vanilla, Shannon Mayer
19) Empire of Storms, Sarah J Maas
18) Sing the Four Quarters, Tanga Huff
17) The Year I Met You, Cecelia Ahern
16) Not His Dragon, Annie Nicholas
15) Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman
14) Grave Secret, Charlaine Harris
13) An Ice Cold Grave, Charlaine Harris
12 Grave Surprise, Charlaine Harris
11) Grave Sight, Charlaine Harris
10) Better off Dead, H P Mallory
9) Dead Ice, Laurell K Hamilton
8) A Shade of Vampire, Bella Forrest
7) Night Shift, Charlaine Harris
6) A Court of Mist and Fury, Sarah Maas
5) Ghouls Rush In, HP Mallory
4) The White Gold Score, Craig Schaefer
3) Private, James Patterson
2) Suddenly in love, Julia London
1) Future Falls, Tanya Huff

Eat Out

40) Proper Cycling and Coffee, Hassocks
39) Corfe Castle Museum Cafe
38) St Mawgan Village Stores Tearoom
37) Saga Pearl
36) Penventon Hotel
35) Gloucester Services
34) Half Moon Inn, Plumpton
33) Shell Bay, Dorset
32) Imperial China, London
31) Jamie's Italian, Westfield
30) Levi Roots Smokehouse, Westfield
29) Luton Hoo
28) Blue Orchid
27) Golden Lion
26) Salt
25) Pendragon Country House
24) The Mallyann Sport Hotel
23) Mockingbird, Stokesley
22) Salt, Hayle
21) The Hub Box
20) Gwithian beach cafe
19) Jen's Diner
18) Smokey Joe's
17) Trevaskis Farm
16) Lewannick Lodge, Newquay
15) Breakfast in Frankfurt
14) Breakfast in Brussels
13) Hampton by Hilton, Bristol
12) Absinthe, Ottawa
11) Baton Rogue, Ottawa
10) La Cochonne Rit, Chambly
9) Honiton
8) The Balmoral
7) The Fountain Inn, Mevagissey
6) Blue Bar, Porthtowan
5) Balti King, Hayle
4) The Witchball, Lizard
3) Cornish Barn, Penzance
2) Italian Kitchen, Hayle
1) Pizza Express, Falmouth