Prickly pears blooming on a foggy June morning
1 June 2012 • ANOTHER FOGGY MORNING
A quiet morning today, thick fog muffling most of the sound. Even the shrill cries of ospreys soak quickly into the gray. I did come across a patch of blooming prickly pear cactuses on Lewes Beach. Their blossoms haven't unfolded completely but it's still amazing to me how those flat and flaccid cactus leaves of winter can produce these thick and supple yellow flowers of summer. One of these days I'll try one of the prickly pear fruits that comes along after the blossoms. I wonder how they would pair with Magee's strawberries, or even with the coming crop of beach plums, for a multi-fruited wild beach brandy.
God bless Captain Bly!
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Dennis Forney has been a journalist on the Delmarva Peninsula since 1972 and has been writing his Barefootin’ column for The Whale and then the Cape Gazette for more than 30 years. Like his Barefootin' Facebook page to get notified of blog updates.
