Another Beginning of an End

Do you know that this particular type of agave, commonly known as the century plant, once they bloom, they die soon afterwards?

This morning when I dragged our recycling bin to the curb, I noticed that some of the flowers are opening. This is our second agave that has bloomed. I still get this mixture of happy and sad feeling.. “Soon it will be dead..” I said to myself. “but it certainly is putting on a great show.”