We planted cacti in front of our Arizona home this week. We planted several kinds of cactus, some desert marigolds and three gardenia plants with shiny dark green leaves and gorgeous white flowers. I have a Christmas Cactus still in the kitchen window in Vancouver which I will bring down here next time.

If you think about it, cactus are like people. Each has its own kind of beauty or talent, and each has its own kind of defense. People are as varied as are the kinds of saguaro cactus you can see in a desert landscape. It would be a boring world if people and cactus all looked alike or acted the same. In this world we all need one another!