When I was in the service, the Marine Corps sent me to a survival school in Pickle Meadows, CA. During a one week exercise living off the land, prickly pears were on the menu.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 3:13 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > A third benefit, the fruit is also delicious. > > But yes, this flowers are lovely. The photos are nicer, unfortunately my > phone doesn't do them justice, the yellows seem to be clipping on my > display and details are lost. > > > On June 16, 2019 11:32:13 AM PDT, "Daniel J. Matyola" < > [email protected]> wrote: > >Every year at Fathers' Day, my prickly pear cactus burst into bloom, > >with > >lovely yellow flowers. Fortunately, this year is no exception. > > > >The prickly pears are a nuisance most of the year, with thorns that are > >almost impossible impossible to dislodge once they get under one's > >skin. > >They have two great features: The prolific blooms in June and the fact > >that they are one of the few flowering plants that deer will not eat or > >trample. > > > >Taken early this morning: > > > >http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2019/6/16/cactus-2 > > > >K-5 IIs, smc FA 100 mm Macro F 2.8 > >Comments and criticisms ar invited and appreciated. > > > >Dan Matyola > >http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > >-- > >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >[email protected] > >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > >follow the directions. > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
