I
only spent one night at Lake Havasu. I'd been driving all day, I was tired and
I felt like I was coming down with a cold. The first hotel I stopped at was full,
and I had to go to another. I was really feeling down! But on the way, this light
show came to lift my spirits and remind of what really matters!
The Prickley Pear
Cactus
The Prickly Pear
that grows prodigiously in Arizona desert - and in many urban yards - blooms in
the vivid yellow you see here or in equally vivid red or orange. Its wide flat
stalks are usually green but in times of drought, they can turn various shades
of pink and purple. Its ears are scrapped of prickles and made into a delicious
candied fruit.
