My daughter collected these for me because she knows I love to plant cactus…

They attract pollinators. They feed birds. They give homes to spiders that eat mosquitos. My daughter knows that I gather them from the ground and plant them along the roadside. in the forest. Next to streams.

It warms my heart to know that I can be of service in such an elegant way. And it warms my heart that my daughter loves seeing me bring life into the world.

Onward, fellow humans.