My Scriptorium windowsill - a rainy day in Tucson

[jp29]

Today is dark, overcast and rainy:


An overall view - some of my favorite plants


I have always had a love affair with Euphorbia balsamifera ssp. balsamifera and adenensis
I lost a beautiful little plant bonsai'd as a miniature Baobab tree - hopefully I can do another one next year


At the left end Arrojadoa dinae & Discocactus buenekeri


At the right end Arrojadoa dinae & Arrojadoa nana

The weather may be gloomy but rendering calligraphy on a day like this with that windowsill to gaze on is wonderful

[Rod Smith]

Thanks for the verses, James; and the lovely calligraphy. You've got some big cacti outside the window!

[jp29]

Thanks for the verses, James; and the lovely calligraphy. You've got some big cacti outside the window!

Thanks, Rod. I just edited my post again in order to add information to the caption for Euphorbia balsamifera- without it the second calligraphic rendition (just doodling) doesn't make sense -- I am getting so forgetful these days.

The tall cacti in my front garden patch, visible through the window, is an old Trichocereus peruvianus. When it grew to be 15ft tall I cut it back to it's present 5ft because it was beginning to be a too dominant plant in the landscape.