Little Poof

My succulent bloom in South Portland is not the show stopper I had hoped. It reminds me of the occasional firework that would go up with a big boom...then produce just a tiny little poof.

It's still beautiful...don't get me wrong....but every time I come to Maine I anxiously check it out hoping for that big moment when it's in full bloom. But it's just quietly doing its thing...a few buds at a time...barely opening. But that's just fine....there's probably a good life lesson here.

What is does have going for it is its height...standing more than 17 inches tall...and there's another stalk one coming.