Adventures with Cacti

6/21/2012

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I Love Cactus

We have prickly pear cactus in Texas.

I'm small enough I can find the smooth parts and avoid those tiny prickles.

Radishes?

I love climbing around the more challenging cacti.

I was thinking about tasting one of those red things. They look like radishes. Come to think of it, I don't like radishes. So why bother.

Hearts

If you search for a little while, you can usually find a prickly pear that's shaped like a heart.

I prefer sitting right in the middle!

Flowers!

Yellow!

Sitting inside a flower, is a safe way to stay clear of the thorns and prickles.

Watch Out!

Bees like being in the flowers, too.

I'd rather bump a prickle than get stung!

Risk

I'll risk the sting and sit in the pink flower.

A Hedgehog cactus is no fun for climbing!

Is this even a cactus?

I saw these in Sedona and I don't know what they are.

But it only has tiny th0rns on the sides and the cushy, tilted ends make very good hammocks for a little relaxing.

My Favorite

In Phoenix, I got to see my favorite, the saguaro! Now that's a cactus like you see in the cowboy movies! It would take me a day to climb up one of the tall ones.

But I got distracted just a little ways up. I had to turn around and just stare in awe at the sky.

Passing between me and the deep blue, was a quietly drifting, yellow, blue and orange hot air balloon!

I Waved

I hoped they'd see me and lower down so I could climb in.