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My dear mother used to make prickly pear this time of year and I can still remember how wonderful that was to slather on top of an English Muffin.
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Yesterday one of my
grandkiddos joined me on an adventure down our street to gather the ripening fruit from some cacti
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The boy seeing the game.
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Onward ho.
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Picking. Plucking. Picking. Whatever.
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A few more please.
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The boy distracted - in a good way - or a God way. (He is taking some of these pictures.)
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His turn. The last time he spent a few moments in or around cactus ended up not being a pretty site. He'd tripped and landed in one of these. Needless to say, he was moving carefully.
Unfortunately, our photo opp ceased at this point. The boy saw a rabbit, got excited and then guess what? It happened. Again. Stink. I just might have lost my cactus fruit grabber helper.
Our prize.
Simple Home Adventure: Making Cactus Jelly
http://lylahledner.blogspot.com/2009/07/simple-home-adventure-making-cactus.html
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