An Eye Full of Cacti

Everywhere we look or walk there are cacti.  Some are in bloom and all are dangerously pointy.  We are on the edge of a 200 acre park that is cacti as far as we can see.

Barrel cactus with yellow blooms.

All cacti are not good looking.  This one looks like a mistake.  Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder.  I behold this one to be ugly.

Another blooming cactus.

This one looks like dinner.  We had a vegan stir fry for dinner tonight but I didn't have any Nopales to put into the pot.  Guess I could have walked a 100 feet and got some.  We buy it in the grocery stores in Mazatlán and we have acquired a taste for it.  It's like a Bell Pepper with an attitude.

Take ALL the thorns off before eating.  Unless you're a really tough guy.

I've not seen this blue and pink version in the grocery store.
I won't eat it until I know for sure that it is OK.

 

It may still be winter in most of the country but here in the desert there are lots of flowers.  Today was calm with temperatures in the high 70"s.  Just how a Winters day should be. In the next week it will creep up to just over 80.

 

It's 7:30 in the evening and we still have the front door open. 

 

Anytime there is sun coming through a window or the door Eva will be laying in the sun patch.  A true Mexican dog through and through.

 

 

Last October when we were here for a couple weeks we faced the RV West.  We learned that it would be better to face East for shade and heat during the day.  The bonus is the sunsets out the living room window each evening.

 

Nice sunset Arizona, keep up the good work.