Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Cactus Toys? Ouch!!

Photo by Thomas Schmied

Native Americans found many uses for barrel cactus, but I doubt they would have used it as a playground!  Here a Swiss visitor uses the many desert surfaces for the perfect Matchbox car construction site.  A saguaro skeleton arm acts as an arch and a cholla skeleton balances on top.  This happy young man avoided the cruel, sharp spines.  My niece wasn't as lucky--she ran into a golden barrel wearing her flipflops.  Fifteen years later, she still has scars.

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