{"id":254,"date":"2010-07-11T08:57:23","date_gmt":"2010-07-11T15:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/?p=254"},"modified":"2010-07-12T12:48:05","modified_gmt":"2010-07-12T19:48:05","slug":"cacti-in-bloom-its-a-beautiful-time-in-the-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/?p=254","title":{"rendered":"Cacti in Bloom. It&#8217;s a Beautiful Time in the High Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_258\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-258\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/wp-content\/uploads-AZBugCo\/2010\/07\/IMG00036.jpg\" title=\"Prickly Pear Cactus Flowering\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/wp-content\/uploads-AZBugCo\/2010\/07\/IMG00036-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Prickly Pear Cactus with Flowers\" title=\"Prickly Pear Cactus Flowering\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/wp-content\/uploads-AZBugCo\/2010\/07\/IMG00036-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/azbugco.com\/wp-content\/uploads-AZBugCo\/2010\/07\/IMG00036-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/azbugco.com\/wp-content\/uploads-AZBugCo\/2010\/07\/IMG00036.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prickly Pear Cactus Flowering<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Being in the pest control business we get to see a lot stuff but nothing ever gets you like the beauty the high desert brings in the spring time. The same little plant that if you touch it on accident will stick you with irritating barbs can produce some of the most beautiful flowers. I just thought it would be nice to share with everyone. The century plant picture was taken in Sedona\u00a0and the other cacti picture was taken in Cottonwood.<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_257\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-257\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/wp-content\/uploads-AZBugCo\/2010\/07\/IMG00625.jpg\" title=\"Century Plant Blooming\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/wp-content\/uploads-AZBugCo\/2010\/07\/IMG00625-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Century Plant Blooming\" title=\"Century Plant Blooming\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/wp-content\/uploads-AZBugCo\/2010\/07\/IMG00625-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/azbugco.com\/wp-content\/uploads-AZBugCo\/2010\/07\/IMG00625.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Century Plant Blooming<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being in the pest control business we get to see a lot stuff but nothing ever gets you like the beauty the high desert brings&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-desert","wpcat-36-id"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Being in the pest control business we get to see a lot stuff but nothing ever gets you like the beauty the high desert brings in the spring time. 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