Good Plants

Picture of the Day for 1/15/2013. I arrived home from Florida tonight and was very glad to see that I had not missed the holiday cactus blooms that were just beginning to unfurl when I left a week ago. The cactus blooms only once a year around the holidays (hence the "holiday cactus" moniker) and I was sad to think I might miss seeing the pretty red flowers. 

This is as good a time as any to admit I talk to the three plants situated behind my kitchen sink. I tell them what very good plants they are and how proud I am of their growth and how they brighten up the kitchen. It seems to have a positive effect on them. The African violet plant was near death a year ago and perked up considerably when I started praising it.