I feel the same way as SueB about the image of you as you sing to your garden in the moonlight. How lovely!

Certainly the climate here in Texas should lend itself well to a winter garden filled with a broad spectrum of vegetation. Unfortunately, I am now a third floor apartment dweller and will have to make do with whatever I can grow in pots on my perpetually shaded balcony or in the scattering of pots I have in my living room. There is nothing at all on the balcony so far. (I just moved here a short time ago.) So I am in the midst of trying to decide what will work best. I am gathering information on wildflowers that are native to the area with the hope that I might be able to find a source for some domesticated varieties. Despite what you see in films, there are other things here besides cactus.

Having said that, I am reminded of the admiration Irma Bombeck had for them. She said she would water her cactus every time the weather map showed rain in Arizona. She also said the beauty of cactus is that a full three years can pass before you know you've killed it.