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On the short walk between the beach and the parking lot. Prickly pear cactus and dry grass under a beautiful summer sky. In Sardinia, Italy.

#photography #solitude #rural #outdoors #mediterranean #summer #pricklypear #clouds #cactus #sardinia #sardegna #italy

On the short walk between the beach and the parking lot. Prickly pear cactus and dry grass under a beautiful summer sky. In Sardinia, Italy.

#photography #solitude #rural #outdoors #mediterranean #summer #pricklypear #clouds #cactus #sardinia #sardegna #italy

Flowering Cacti

https://justin-farrimond.pixels.com/featured/flowering-cacti-justin-farrimond.html

I rarely photograph flora but these beautiful cactuses caught my eye.

#PhotoOfTheDay #Cactus #Photography #Art #Print #Nature #PricklyPear #Flowers

Here are my Perpetual Journal nature observations fm my yard 1, 2 & 3 yrs ago this week: Prickly Pear fruits; Velvet Mesquite catkins & seedpods; Western Tanager. This week in ‘26 we see lots of PP fruits, some VM catkins, & no Tanagers.

#SciArt #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #PerpetualJournal #Tucson #SonoranDesert #NativePlants #biodiversity #environment #nature #tree #mesquite #cactus #PricklyPear #bird #birding #BirdsOfMastodon #Tanager

Camp light in Page, AZ. A prickly pear in full magenta with a bud rising beside it, the last sun lighting the spines. The bloom feels earned after a long dry year.

#Photography #ScottKissPhoto #PricklyPear #DesertBloom

#BlueskyArtShow #Sharp #BNWmacro Prickly pear cactus. #EastCoastKin #ECK #Cactus #ClassicMono #PricklyPear

inspired by:

• the luminous red nova of the monoceros (unicorn) constellation (v838 monocerotis) [1]

• cactus blossoms, especially saguaro [2] and prickly pear [3, 4]

• snakes as mythological bringers of life and light (hail satan :black_sparkling_heart:)

info:

1: https://www.constellation-guide.com/v838-monocerotis

2: https://www.fireflyforest.com/flowers/339/carnegiea-gigantea-saguaro

3: https://www.opuntiads.com

4: https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/palestine-plants-symbolic-meanings

#nova #monoceros #v838mon #outerSpace #cactusFlowers #saguaro #opuntia #pricklyPear #snake #mythology #hailSatan

Prickly Pear on Pink IV, a pretty southwest twist: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/prickly-pear-on-pink-iv-lisa-s-baker.html

#pricklypear #cactus #cacti #blooms #blooming #spring #pink #nature #desert #southwestdecor #homedecor #artforhome #artforsale #mixedmedia #art #arte #artwork #wallart #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #creativeToots #mastodonart #artist #bloomingcactus #pinkblooms #desertart

This little guy, a prickly pear, even though a bit ignored decided to show off the last few days.  

#bloomscrolling #pricklypear #flowers

#Scape #ColorADay #BWFri #ClassiMono Prickly pear scape in the hills of San Luis Obispo. #ECK #Hiking #Cactus #PricklyPear #Clouds #WestCoastKin #SLO

Cacti confiscated from home garden over fears of another ‘prickly pear’ disaster https://www.allforgardening.com/1673598/cacti-confiscated-from-home-garden-over-fears-of-another-prickly-pear-disaster/ #biosecurity #BiosecurityQueensland #BlindPricklyPear #cactus #confisicated #destroyed #DugOut #garden #gardening #GardeningIreland #JennyMilson #ParooShire #PricklyPear #PricklyPears #prohibited #PurplePricklyPear #Queensland #Removed #succulents #taken #WheelCactus #yowah

Spring is in full bloom in the Sonoran desert 💛

#arizona #pricklypear #bloomscrolling

1 of the joys of keeping a Perpetual Journal is seeing what happened this week in previous years. Here’s my PJ art of Tucson nature observations 1, 2 & 3 years ago this week. In ‘23 we got snow. In ‘26 the temp’s been over 90°!

#SciArt #art #illustration #watercolor #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #PerpetualJournal #Tucson #SonoranDesert #NativePlants #biodiversity #environment #ecology #nature #ClimateChange #climate #cactus #PricklyPear #flower #wildflower #BloomScrolling #Mouse

#ColorADay #OrangeSun Orange prickly pear cactus fruit. #EastCoastKin #Hiking #Cactus #PricklyPear #WestCoastKin

Prickly Pear (Opuntia sp.)

#PricklyPear #Opuntia #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Cactus #Cacti #Plant #Plants #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography

Prickly Pear (Opuntia sp.)

#PricklyPear #Opuntia #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Cactus #Cacti #Plant #Plants #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography

Courthouse Butte, PA

Some nice prickly pears 😊
I bought prickly pear gummies for my lab to share 😊😋

Dec 28, 2025

#MondayMotivation
#GetOutside #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Arizona #Sedona #RedRock #Cactus #PricklyPear

I love watching Prickly Pear tunas (fruits) change color from green>pink>maroon so I used data visualization in my art to track the color change. On Day 19 I saw a Harris’s Antelope Ground Squirrel eating it & on Day 20 the tuna had fallen off the cactus, onto the ground.

#DataViz #DataVisualazation #SciArt #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #Tucson #SonoranDesert #NativePlants #environment #ecology #nature #outdoors #cactus #PricklyPear #fruit

Another kombucha processing day! My officemate's family did some prickly pear harvesting and preserving, and as a side product, I got some juice to try. So thanks for the idea, @jasaz! In a few days the second ferment will be ready for me to taste. Prickly pear juice has a very particular flavor (and is a wild magenta color!) so we'll see how it combines with my Irish black tea kombucha.

#kombucha #fermentation #pricklypear

We’re starting to see more Queen Butterfly eggs & larvae on our Milkweeds (1st time since May; here they are in my Perpetual Journal). I love watching butterflies’ life cycle from egg>caterpillar>chrysalis>butterfly!😍

#SciArt #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #PerpetualJournal #Tucson #SonoranDesert #NativePlants #biodiversity #environment #nature #cactus #PricklyPear #flower #BloomScrolling #insect #arthropod #entomology #bug #bugs #butterfly

@camless Apparently these turn yarn red, also #dye #pricklypear

https://heritagedyeplants.home.blog/2019/04/26/dyeing-with-prickly-pear/

Work day, so not much time, but harvested some of my prickly pear fruit to make prickly pear syrup. Brought to a boil and turned off the heat, will go check it later after it has steeped a bit. (In the clean, food pot LOL). #cactus #pricklypear #gardening #tuna #nopal

Prickly Pear (Opuntia) Fruit Beginning to Ripen in the Garden This Week

As summer winds down, the prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) is starting to ripen its fruit. I have 5 large cacti in the front and back garden, and they have reached maturity, so our harvest of fruit has been growing each year. Today, I spotted over 40 fruits at various stages of ripening. I am guessing they will all be ready for harvest once I return from a 2-week trip to Australia in September. 

Read More
http://welchwrite.com/agn/2025/08/18/prickley-pear-opuntia-fruit-beginning-to-ripen-in-the-garden-this-week/

#pricklypear #opuntia #fruit #plants #garden #gardening #harvest #photo

More prickly pear processing!

This time I made all the decisions so I’m quartering them and stewing them with no other ingredients. Ideally fresh lemons, but probably just some citric acid if I can find some.

I really miss having access to a steam juicer as this would be the correct tool. Food mill and chinois will do.

Also the colloquial American name for chinois is still “china cap”

#pricklyPear #preserving #opuntia

I suppose the other pictures are interesting as well. All the skin and seed waste is going into the wash and the end of our front yard for the quail and friends to nom on. Hopefully sprout a couple of new stands of opuntia

#pricklyPear #cactus #opuntia