Tag: cactus

A Prickly Question

This is our entry in The Daily Post Daily Prompt: Prickle.

This succulent lives in the Glass House of Greenspring Gardens in Alexandria, Virginia. The prickly question:

Is this a cactus?

Really, we’d like to know.

Succulent

This photo was taken on April 2, 2017. Specs are:

Canon 100D, ISO 100, f/8.0, 1/20 sec, 55 mm

Double & Rotation

Double is interpreted in two ways in this post: as two objects that look very much alike, and as objects that appear doubled.

Cruise Ships
Celebrity cruise ships

This picture shows two ships from the Celebrity cruise line. The ship on the right is the Celebrity Eclipse (Solstice Class), while the ship on the left is one of the ships in the Millennium Class. This photo was taken in an Eastern Caribbean port in November, 2011.

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Carnival Pride casino slot machines

This photo shows two slot machines in the casino on the Carnival Pride cruise ship. The photo was taken in December, 2012, while the ship was in port in the Bahamas. (Cameras are not permitted in the casino when it is open for business.)

Outside Vegas
Boulders near Las Vegas

This photo shows a pair of boulders in a park just outside Las Vegas, Nevada. The car between the boulders indicates scale.

South Beach Bench
Double chair

This photo shows a double chair in a park near the ocean in South Beach, Miami, Florida. The photo was taken in February, 2013.

Cactus blooming in Las Vegas
Cactus blooms

This picture shows double blooms on a cactus. This photo was taken in a park outside Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Faces of Buddha

Finally, this photo shows two faces of Buddha, as well as two partial faces of Buddha. (Two more faces and partial faces are on the back side.) This photo was taken in Angkor Wat, Cambodia in March, 2013.