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.
Local Cardinals and migrating birds add to the beauty. There is a canyon S E of Tucson that attracts bird watchers and photographers from all over the world.
the stuff inside those strawberry colored bit is delicious, but you have to strain it to get the microscopic barbs out before you make the jelly
everything in the desert wants to stick something in you. rocks, plants animals, all have poky jabby parts. I said this around my last boss, a 53 year old woman who looks like a hot 25, and she agreed instantly.
My mother was born and grew up in the Tucson area. My grandmother lived there all of her life. We'd often get Prickly Pear jelly as Christmas gifts.
ReplyDeleteEverything in that photo can kill you. Most of it can sustain your life.
ReplyDeleteIt is a beautiful photo.
Local Cardinals and migrating birds add to the beauty. There is a canyon S E of Tucson that attracts bird watchers and photographers from all over the world.
ReplyDeleteRight, Madera canyon is a beautiful place to go birding.
Deletethe stuff inside those strawberry colored bit is delicious, but you have to strain it to get the microscopic barbs out before you make the jelly
ReplyDeleteeverything in the desert wants to stick something in you. rocks, plants animals, all have poky jabby parts. I said this around my last boss, a 53 year old woman who looks like a hot 25, and she agreed instantly.
It is a beauty I enjoy very much 7 months out of the year.
ReplyDeleteDesert strawberries. Yummy!
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