Photography by John Michael

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Merry Christmas Cactus

I have a special friend (actually she’s more than just special — even though she doesn’t think so most times) some miles away and she’s got a fondness for growing things — she told me that she had a Christmas Cactus that was pale pink that she had four blooms on it… an offshoot of another plant that she borrowed the ‘cutting’ from.

When I was still shooting film/slides (who does anymore?) I took a trip to Solomons Island, MD and found at the visitors’ center the most huge Christmas Cactus I had ever seen… I asked the person caring for the center if I could photograph it… and came back in and laid on the floor to try to capture it’s beauty.

I had to dig thru many packed boxes to find these slides, which I scanned and offer you only two of the photos I took that day … I know there are better ones, but I’m in a hurry to post these for Christmas.

ENJOY!!!