Spiny Norman
Shot taken for Saturday Self Challenge 29/11/2025 - Spiky !!
Well all I had to do this week was to put the Sigma 105 mm lens on and wander up the garden to the greenhouse where the few cacti I still have live all year round with no heating . It has been a case of survival of the fittest and here we have one of two very spiky Opuntias ( pretty sure they are Opuntias but the little labels have disintegrated many years back to give you and idea of how old these plants are .
Is this spiny Norman I hear you ask , no , but when Stoker set the challenge my mind went straight to " Spiny Norman " - those of you who were Monty Python followers will know who I mean - here is a very short clip of him searching for Dinsdale ( one of the notorious Piranha Brothers ) .
youtu.be/It2R-2oL4Bw?si=0G968qJVtfIRc4oz
Or a very short music track called Desert Drive which expands to a much much longer piece on the album Pergamon called Quichotte, Part One which runs for just over 23 minutes !!
Spiny Norman
Shot taken for Saturday Self Challenge 29/11/2025 - Spiky !!
Well all I had to do this week was to put the Sigma 105 mm lens on and wander up the garden to the greenhouse where the few cacti I still have live all year round with no heating . It has been a case of survival of the fittest and here we have one of two very spiky Opuntias ( pretty sure they are Opuntias but the little labels have disintegrated many years back to give you and idea of how old these plants are .
Is this spiny Norman I hear you ask , no , but when Stoker set the challenge my mind went straight to " Spiny Norman " - those of you who were Monty Python followers will know who I mean - here is a very short clip of him searching for Dinsdale ( one of the notorious Piranha Brothers ) .
youtu.be/It2R-2oL4Bw?si=0G968qJVtfIRc4oz
Or a very short music track called Desert Drive which expands to a much much longer piece on the album Pergamon called Quichotte, Part One which runs for just over 23 minutes !!