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Barrel Cactus fruit, Sonoran Desert, Maricopa County, Arizona

golden journey fruit—
hungry pilgrims feed at dusk
mindful of the thorns

Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher

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Posted on March 2, 2014, in 5-7-5, Arizona, cactus, I Heart Macro, Macro Monday 2, Maricopa County, Postcards from Paradise, Recuerda Mi Corazon, Shine the Divine, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona and tagged dusk, fruit, golden, hungry, journey, Maricopa County, mindful, pilgrims, saguaro cactus, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona, thorns. Bookmark the permalink. 15 Comments.

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annie | March 2, 2014 at 9:20 pm

All the barrel cacti I’ve seen and I never knew they had a fruit. Very pretty yellow.

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Gunilla | March 3, 2014 at 12:19 am

Very pretty! I like cacti and it always amazes me that they have such gorgeous flowers and interesting fruits.

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Gemma Wiseman | March 3, 2014 at 12:57 am

Cacti can be full of surprises. I have never seen one with this bold pouch of yellow. gorgeous.

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Susan Fox | March 3, 2014 at 1:01 am

Lush! Thank you… x

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readinpleasure | March 3, 2014 at 4:51 am

Yes! 🙂

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Gillena Cox | March 3, 2014 at 6:34 am

this is amazing, and your haiku presents a level of consciousness where life entices yet throws us challenges; thanks for stopping over at my blog

much love…

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artmusedog | March 3, 2014 at 8:20 am

Gorgeous photo ~ love the yellow and delightful and insightful haiku ~ xxx

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Mary | March 3, 2014 at 11:00 am

Amazing! I have never seen those fruits before!

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Laura Hegfield | March 3, 2014 at 11:09 am

how does one pluck a cactus fruit safely? thick gloves?

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susan | March 3, 2014 at 11:13 am

Excellent photo and a surprise to most of us.

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Namaki | March 3, 2014 at 11:22 am

What an interesting fruit !

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Molly | March 3, 2014 at 3:43 pm

This is a great shot, really interesting subject

Mollyxxx

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Ruby | March 4, 2014 at 7:19 am

Amazing colour and shape…….is it edible?

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- magicalmysticalteacher | March 4, 2014 at 8:11 am
  
  I don’t think this particular fruit is edible, although it might be useful for making jelly, since people can make jelly out of all sorts of things, including calves’ feet! 😉
  
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Nonnie | March 5, 2014 at 1:31 pm

ah, the beauty of the desert, and the thorns that accompany it! the yellow is especially gorgeous.

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