And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I was driving, when I saw some pink, yellow, and blue flowers on a Century Plant. I stopped, took out my disposable camera (remember those ?), and walked closer to get a picture. As I was bent over framing the shot, I realized that the flowers were merely the cups of styrofoam egg cartons that the homeowners had cut out and stuck to the spears of the plant.
Back in 1976, after WT Grants went belly up, I got a job as a car salesman. I sold a Datsun 610 Station wagon to a couple. Dealership was Dodg48 e and Datsun. If you sold someone a Dodge back then and you saw them come back to the dealership, you hid. They were that bad. If you sold someone a Datsun, they'd bring their friends and invite you to their homes. This couple invited me to their home and they had prickly pear cactus in the front. It looked beautiful. They cut some off and gave it to me. That same plant sits in the front of my house in two big pots 48 years later. It just sits in those two pots all year round. Eastern part of PA.
Get yourself a Blackwell Pear Burner and scorch the needles off and cattle will eat prickly pear like it was candy. https://www.thestoryoftexas.com/discover/artifacts/prickly-pear-burner
I live in the rocky Ozark Highlands of southern Missouri and at the back of our property is exposed ledge rock. This creates rocky glades with ferns, mosses and lizards. You'll also find native prickly pear cacti in some patches. We also have scorpions here too. Missouri has a lot to see.
I was driving, when I saw some pink, yellow, and blue flowers on a Century Plant.
ReplyDeleteI stopped, took out my disposable camera (remember those ?),
and walked closer to get a picture.
As I was bent over framing the shot, I realized that the flowers were merely the cups of styrofoam egg cartons that the homeowners had cut out and stuck to the spears of the plant.
Got me good, I have to admit...
That fruit will make some fantastic and yummy jelly!!!
ReplyDeleteOr wine!
DeleteTom Doniphon would approve. As would Hallie.
ReplyDeleteBack in 1976, after WT Grants went belly up, I got a job as a car salesman. I sold a Datsun 610 Station wagon to a couple. Dealership was Dodg48 e and Datsun. If you sold someone a Dodge back then and you saw them come back to the dealership, you hid. They were that bad. If you sold someone a Datsun, they'd bring their friends and invite you to their homes. This couple invited me to their home and they had prickly pear cactus in the front. It looked beautiful. They cut some off and gave it to me. That same plant sits in the front of my house in two big pots 48 years later. It just sits in those two pots all year round. Eastern part of PA.
ReplyDeletehow on earth does ANYONE believe there's not a God?
ReplyDeleteExactly! Simply the complexity of the reproduction process basically proves intelligent design.
DeleteExactly. Know exactly what your saying buddy.
DeleteGet yourself a Blackwell Pear Burner and scorch the needles off and cattle will eat prickly pear like it was candy. https://www.thestoryoftexas.com/discover/artifacts/prickly-pear-burner
ReplyDeleteDon't pick the fruit without a heavy glove. Just from experience being inexperienced with cacti.
ReplyDeleteI live in the rocky Ozark Highlands of southern Missouri and at the back of our property is exposed ledge rock. This creates
ReplyDeleterocky glades with ferns, mosses and lizards. You'll also find native prickly pear cacti in some patches.
We also have scorpions here too. Missouri has a lot to see.
Biggskye in Missouri
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