#pricklypear — Public Fediverse posts

Castello di Milazzo Scene, Milazzo, Sicily, Italy

https://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/11/02/castel-2/

Follow My Photos on Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch/1022982550306977035

#milazzo #castle #opuntia #pricklypear #FicoDIndia #history #messina #sicily #italy #photography #travel

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

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

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