Sorry, Cactus
I had to clear off my deck today because the apartments are being remodeled, or so the story goes. Last night I brought my barbecue inside. Don't worry, I won't be using it. It just needs to be cleared off the deck for construction. I noticed Cactus has seen better days. It looked to me like most of the leaves were shriveled. I made the judgment not to spare the plant. It's been a grand cactus, but I think the best part of its life was taken by Arctic Blast 2008. Cactus is officially retired, I'm sad to say. It was a good cactus, with a good name. Good bye my yellow blooming friend.
Sing a dirge with me, folk. I now have no offspring to carry my name. My only other posterity is a tripod, which has not the breath of life in it :) Parents are not supposed to outlive their "children". Well, I still have one surviving plant with me, but it does not have a name. If I grow attached to it, perhaps I'll "adopt" it. Right now I'm getting perturbed by a bunch of small fly-like things nesting in the soil - annoying!
