Wheelchair Gardener: The Epiphyllum Oxypetalum

Inspiration

We do not remember days...

We remember moments.

(Cesare Pavese)

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"An hour in the garden puts life's problems into perspective."

Some say I am confined to wheelchairBut I don’t think they know

That though my body is affected I still am on the go.

I go to visit those I love

And walk to market place;

I tread the woods until it rains

And then the rainbow trace.

Of course my body cannot always go

For it’s been restricted for days,

But who would say paralysis confines

A soul and mind that dreams and prays?

Although my body sometimes lets me down

Through days of darkest night,

My spirit soars on wings of prayer

And moves with speed of light.

In dreams and prayer I visit those I love;

Great is the gift of prayer;

And when my thoughts are beamed toward you

You’ll sense my presence there.

-Borrowed

Friday, May 15, 2009

The Epiphyllum Oxypetalum

I know--- I've posted pics of it before, but I still have to do it. This one was SO big.

Some call it the "Goose-necked Cactus."

On the last blog I showed the lizard on the bloom stalk, eating the dew or insects.

Last night one of the blooms opened.

Bud at the bottom of the picture:
day of it opening in the late evening