Love Thursday: Love Notes on a Cactus
Last year at this time, some of you were disturbed when I posted Scribblings on a Seawall–love notes written in Catanzaro Lido. Yes, graffiti has a tendency to annoy me too.
Well hang on to your virtual hats.
Here’s another creative expression of love, on a cactus in the ruins of Tindari:
This cactus was *huge* and absolutely covered in love notes.
Disturbing, sure, (the poor cactus!) but it certainly made me think of my P waiting (impatiently) for me at home while my travel buddy and I vagabonded about . . . reminding me once again that love is all around.
Happy Love Thursday everyone!
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Awww, too cute!! I wonder how much blood was shed from cactus needles poking the artists????
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Hah! These people suffered for their love!
Love is everywhere …………………..and so is graffiti apparently.
Glad it made you think of P. Isn’t that nice.
Happy Love Thursday.
xo
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Yes, but I didn’t think of carving anything 😉
Oh! Poor cactus indeed! But it is a lovely sentiment.
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And think of all the youngsters carrying sharp objects to do it!
Poor cactus is right! Living in AZ for 10 years taught me to never touch a cactus. First, they can hurt and second, in the case of the saguaro cactus it’s against the law!!! You have to get a special permit to move one if you’re building a house. And if you vandalize it, you get a fine. I heard once about one getting hit in a car accident and to add insult to injury, the person driving the car was fined for damaging the cactus!
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Ouch. Talk about insult to injury…really!
I think it’s kind of sweet! Besides, cacti are very resillient plants. 😉
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This one seemed to be doing just fine even though it was covered in love 😉
Isn’t that funny? I mean, really… who looks at a cactus and thinks *Hmm… I’m going to write on that!* ?? I
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You’re underestimating some Italians’ love of graffiti 😉
Awwwweeeee…. I love that!
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So glad to hear it Jen 🙂
I was amazed by this also! We were at temple ruins and I wanted to photograph the cactus because they are so large and had a hard time finding one without the graffiti.
I had never seen this in my Italian travels before Fran and just couldn’t resist a photo for Love Thursday 😉
I took some pictures of graffiti recently too. It does seem to be everywhere. Happy Love Thursday Michelle!
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Some graffiti just screams to be photographed I think. Hope you’re having a lovely LT yourself 🙂
This reminds me of the via dell’amore in the Cinque Terre! Happy Love Thursday!
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I have been there, but it sure sounds like a fun place 😉
That is so wierd! And very disturbing! I can’t believe they would destroy the beauty of the flower like that!!
I know. I thought it was pretty odd myself…I mean walls are one thing, but plants? Where do we draw (hah!) the line?
Happy Love Thursday to you as well.
I have seen the same thing while hiking in Temescal Canyon in Malibu. I always wondered how people carve things into cacti without getting hurt.
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Yeah, it does seem to require some real, um, dexterity?
Love is all around. That is a very novel way of proclaiming love!!!
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Hopefully the cactus gave as good as it got 🙂
Hah! I love that Janet!
Cactus are tough and I think it’s romantic. Happy Love Thursday!
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We all know about carving initials on a tree, but on a cactus?? Was there nothing less painful to write on? 🙂
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Well you know, I suppose it *is* better than writing on the ruins! But yes, there must’ve been something else 😉
Sharp love… how strange, but then… love makes us do strange things, does it not? Is there anything else that makes us lose our minds like love?
No.
I suppose that’s like wearing your heart on your sleeve… but not.
;o)
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Hmm actually the displaying love on a cactus is a great metaphor…some painful times, but if you work past them, you can end up with something beautiful?
And if cacti had sleeves….
Okay, now THAT is unusual. I have to say I’ve never seen graffiti on a cactus!! Very strange…
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I’m with you Kacey; I thought it was a unique spot for graffiti too.
Also… who ever heard of a Sicilian named “Deborah?”
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OK I swear I’m not being a smart ass (far be it from me); P’s niece (who was born in Messina) is named Deborah. FWIW, I thought it was pretty weird when he first told me that as I had never, ever heard that as an Italian name.
Anyway, the weirdest thing about the cactus graffiti overall is that many, if not most of the names weren’t obviously Italian…so it seems other nationalities have gotten in the action too….
that’s kind of cute – in a weird way. but cute nonetheless. 🙂
p.s. thanks for sharing your vagabonding pics!
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Hah, thanks Odessa, and it’s always a pleasure to share photos 🙂
Early in our marriage we were visiting my wife’s sister in California and my Dear Old Wife got caught by a Muir’s Woods park warden trying to carve our initials! I don’t know which lecture was worse the warden’s or her mother’s!!!
But it’s a darn good story 😉
cute! i feel kinda sad for the cactus, but it’s cute. 🙂 happy love thursday (or friday!) happy weekend!! 🙂
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Poor cactus, yes! But lucky you to find such a find! Happy (belated) Love Thursday to you!
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