This cactus has 3 blooms on it now. A lot of the buds have dried up and fallen off of several of the plants but this one decided to bloom. I have 2 buds on a red one too.
I asked my sister-in-law if she would get some bananas for me and while she was at the store she got me a poinsettia too. I love the red flowers and they always last a long time. 
Here are the spacer squares I will use between the strips on this quilt. It is a really dark green, almost black. I cut them with my studio die cutter.