OliveOyl
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Hi Kay…yes, they use prickly pear cactus in cooking. I only had it once in a skeevy saloon place with guns and taxidermy on the walls. I thought it was guacamole (was green and served with nachos) but it had rubbery hard chunks and looked strange. That’s when I realized it was something gross and made from cactus. But…I have to imagine it can taste better if it was made by a much better cook. This was NOT a fine-dining establishment.
Oh PB…I’m so sorry for the medical issues and hope things turn around for you. All of that just…sucks. But I admire your determination and you seem to be in good spirits. True? If it was me, I know I would be whining and bitching and hissing up a storm.
Brian…although ABQ leaves something to be desired, being in NM is great. Now YOU seem to come across animals all the time but I think ours hide during the day…maybe to get away from the heat and predators. That’s why it was so exciting to see one lone little jackrabbit.
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But guess what? I saw my first rattlesnake a few weeks ago! Weirdly, it wasn’t on any nature walk. It was a few blocks away in my cookie-cutter neighborhood, sitting at the edge of a cement driveway. He was copper-colored with black diamond markings but I walked right past him. I was alone, talking to myself (I’m sure), with my head down and thinking about all the (huge!) dead millipedes on the ground. A guy on a bike rode by, but then turned around, pointed behind me and said, “There’s a rattlesnake.” Me: “Is it dead?” He: “No, it’s alive….just chillin.” Now I remembered reading that they can leap/wriggle/dart the length of their body in an instant. I calculated I was about 12 feet away and so with two quick snake movements, he could attack me and I would die. I knew I couldn’t run away (those days are long gone) so I said, “Well, I’ll just let him do his thing and will mosey along.” Like a good little cowgirl.
Oh PB…I’m so sorry for the medical issues and hope things turn around for you. All of that just…sucks. But I admire your determination and you seem to be in good spirits. True? If it was me, I know I would be whining and bitching and hissing up a storm.
Brian…although ABQ leaves something to be desired, being in NM is great. Now YOU seem to come across animals all the time but I think ours hide during the day…maybe to get away from the heat and predators. That’s why it was so exciting to see one lone little jackrabbit.
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But guess what? I saw my first rattlesnake a few weeks ago! Weirdly, it wasn’t on any nature walk. It was a few blocks away in my cookie-cutter neighborhood, sitting at the edge of a cement driveway. He was copper-colored with black diamond markings but I walked right past him. I was alone, talking to myself (I’m sure), with my head down and thinking about all the (huge!) dead millipedes on the ground. A guy on a bike rode by, but then turned around, pointed behind me and said, “There’s a rattlesnake.” Me: “Is it dead?” He: “No, it’s alive….just chillin.” Now I remembered reading that they can leap/wriggle/dart the length of their body in an instant. I calculated I was about 12 feet away and so with two quick snake movements, he could attack me and I would die. I knew I couldn’t run away (those days are long gone) so I said, “Well, I’ll just let him do his thing and will mosey along.” Like a good little cowgirl.
