My Entry for Shadow Hunters SMASh and Some Silver/ Re-blog lottery!

This is my first time joining in the fun of the Shadow Hunters contest so I picked out something kind of interesting. This was a picture I too with my phone some time back while I was prospecting for gold outside of Yuma, Arizona. I honestly didn't take the picture because of the shadow but more because it was the last flower on the plant and there were bees everywhere trying to collect the pollen. But the shadow is actually pretty cool cast onto some desert rocks and vegetative debris from plants in the desert.

Now no post is much fun without showing some of the bees and the actual flower. I think there are a couple in the flower and on the left you can see another honing in on the last flower to collect some pollen. Since we are on Hive I thought it was a great fit!

The cactus you can see here is called the prickly pear. It produces some red fruit that are great for making jam and even eating just straight once properly roasted over the fire and removing all of the needles. The cactus pads are also used in Mexican cuisine, they taste great!

You don't have to be in the US to enjoy these, they are an invasive species in both Australia and Africa. In both places they are actively trying to prevent further spread of the cactus as they tend to outcompete native species.

Another interesting fact about the Prickly Pear is that it's found on the Mexican Coat of Arms along with a golden eagle perched on the cactus eating a rattlesnake:

Also it's found on several silver coins from Mexico as well as you can see in one of mine here below. To the #silvergoldstackers I have shared this coin previously!
This is the obverse of a 1968 twenty five pesos silver coin, the reverse is an Olympics commemorative , I'll leave a link below if you're interested in more information about the coin.

I personally don't believe I've ever seen an eagle land on a prickly pear cactus before, but they got the idea from somewhere so it must happen from time to time! They very spiny, and personally I tend to avoid getting to close to them...

That will will do it for my entry into the shadow hunters smash number 308. I hope you enjoyed the post, have a great rest of your weekend everyone!

Here's the link I promised:

Silver Mexican 25 Pesos coin

Disclaimer:

All photos are mine unless otherwise stated.

Re-blog lottery

Now for the winner of the re-blog lottery! Today we had 32 people re-blog my post, thank you so much! You guy are the best! The people who re-blogged were:

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@bitandi
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@chyxille
@elaiza09
@esbat
@evih
@ferod23
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@henruc
@hjrrodriguez
@kungfukid
@kunschj
@ladymisa
@melinda010100
@minecraft340
@mirroredspork
@monsterbuster
@olaf.gui
@pepe-cash
@pepetoken
@realhattyhats
@revolverocelotyt
@scfather
@screamheart
@servelle
@silversaver888
@splash-of-angs63
@stekene
@sylmarill
@treefrognada
@vaynard86

Voluntary daily reminder list for those who request to be on it: @ganjafarmer and @sayury
If you want to be added to the list as well just feel free to ask!

Thank you everyone! I have been working to improve my engagement and all of you have really helped out! If you have any recommendations or suggestions please feel free to let me know. I'm always looking to improve my posts.

Good luck to everyone!

And the Wheel of Names results:
Winner #1:

Winner #2:

Congratulations @hjrrodriguez you have won 3 HSBI units and @melinda010100 you have won 2 HSBI units!

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reblogged!
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You received an upvote of 38% from Precious the Silver Mermaid!

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That's pretty cool. I certainly don't miss the heat down in Arizona. !LOL

Just as a side note, the sign of the eagle perched on a cactus, eating a rattlesnake, is an old legend of the sign given to the Aztecs of where to build their capital city, Tenochtitlan.

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It's one I had heard as well, but I still haven't seen a golden eagle go anywhere near one of them!
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Yeah, I'd imagine they'd know to avoid them because of all the needles. 😆

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Sooooo...it's your first time entering the Shadow Hunters contest, and @melinda010100, the creator of the shadow contest just happens to place in the reblog lottery...Rigged! LOL. Just kidding. Congrats to the winners and best of luck in the Show Me a Shadow Contest!
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I thought the very same thing when it came up! At least she didn't take first prize or everyone would be screaming rigged!
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@kunschj! Your Content Is Awesome so I just sent 1 $BBH (Bitcoin Backed Hive) to your account on behalf of @thebighigg. (25/50)

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Pure luck, I assure you! 😇

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Well, we will never know, since his shadows are pretty cool and he could actually do well in this week's SMASh.

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Love the coat of arms of Mexico! They are a cool cactus and very popular in the south of Spain they grew everywhere!

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That's true, they are also in the south of Spain and Italy, I had forgotten about that. Invasive species at their finest!
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All the best in the contest my friend.
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Thank you!
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(Edited)

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Nice full circle, dude!

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Thanks!
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Excellent shadows, and I did not know the prickly pear was on the Mexican coat of arms!🤔
Watch your step, my friend, I would imagine it would hurt, stepping on all of these spikes for the prickly pear !😳

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You don't want to get poked by one of those!
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OUCH!!!😳
In Colorado the Mrs. grew cactus in the house, I accidentally got one small needle in my foot. It took years for it to work its way out!🙄

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You shadow hunter now eh ? 😂!BBH

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Got bored of precious metals all the time! But I still slipped in some silver in there!
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Cool one

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Thanks!
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Love the cactus shadow! We even have prickly pear growing wild here in Wisconsin. I don't know how it survives out winters
Welcome to the Shadow Hunters Community!

And I'm quite excited to win some HSBI! How fun!

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