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This is your god

Snowpocalypse 2019

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Photo Essay: Tohono O’odham Families Carry On Sacred Saguaro Fruit Harvest In Arizona Borderlands

— By Ross D. Franklin and Giovanna Dell’Orto | July 2, 2025

Tanisha Tucker Lohse, right, and Maria Francisco, both of the Tohono Oʼodham nation, harvest fruit from a saguaro cactus in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona, on Monday, June 23, 2025. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

Tucson, Arizona. (AP) — The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its thorn-covered small fruit ripens. For members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, whose ancestors have lived in this hot desert for thousands of years, harvest time for the “bahidaj” is sacred. The towering saguaros — which live 200 years and routinely reach 25 feet (7.6 meters) in height — are part of the O’odham creation story, and are considered family.

Top: Saguaro cactus fruit grow at the end of an arm during a harvest day for the Tohono Oʼodham people in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona, on Monday, June 23, 2025. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

Bottom: Tanisha Tucker Lohse, left, and Maria Francisco, both of the Tohono Oʼodham nation, harvest fruit from a saguaro cactus in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona, on Monday, June 23, 2025. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

“We were all taught that they were family, they are family to us,” said Maria Francisco after harvesting near her extended family’s camp in the foothills west of Tucson. “So we have a very great respect for them. And we pray to them and we thank them.”

The saguaro fruit is boiled and strained until it becomes a naturally sweet syrup. Some of it is fermented to make wine for annual ceremonies asking the Creator to send the monsoon rains that render desert life possible — and mark the O’odham new year.

For many families, harvest time is also an opportunity to pass down the traditions and centuries-old knowledge enjoying a resurgence as more youth rediscover their ancestral ways.

“It’s just important for the generations to be out here, to see this,” said Tanisha Tucker Lohse, Francisco’s cousin.

The two women are carrying on the legacy of an ancestor, Juanita Ahil, who in the 1960s advocated for continued access to their harvesting land after it became part of Saguaro National Park. In her memory, a Mass is also celebrated at the camp on St. John the Baptist’s feast day, since many O’odham integrate Catholic and Native beliefs.

Top: Clayborne Thomas, of the Tohono Oʼodham nation, catches a fruit harvested from a saguaro cactus in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025.AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

Bottom: Tanisha Tucker Lohse, of the Tohono Oʼodham nation, opens the ripe fruit from a saguaro cactus during harvest picking season in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona, on Monday, June 23, 2025. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

Top: Tanisha Tucker Lohse, of the Tohono Oʼodham nation, points to fruit on a saguaro cactus during harvest time in the Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona, on Monday, June 23, 2025. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

Bottom: The early sun illuminates a forest of giant saguaro cacti during fruit harvest season for the Tohono Oʼodham people in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

Top: Tanisha Tucker Lohse checks on several patties of drying saguaro cactus fruit from a harvest for the Tohono Oʼodham people in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona, on Monday, June 23, 2025. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

Bottom: Francine Larson Segundo, of the Tohono Oʼodham nation, removes the fresh fruit from a pod picked from a saguaro cactus during harvest season in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

Top: Silas Garcia, right, pours fresh saguaro cactus fruit onto a strainer as Maria Francisco, left, holds the frame while a youth volunteer looks on during a harvest day by the Tohono Oʼodham people in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona, on Monday, June 23, 2025. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

Bottom: Saguaro cactus fruit juice cools after boiling it into a syrup on a harvest day for the Tohono Oʼodham people in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona, on Monday, June 23, 2025. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

Top: Maria Francisco, right, and Tanisha Tucker Lohse laugh as they cook and can saguaro cactus fruit on a harvest day for the Tohono Oʼodham people in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona, on Monday, June 23, 2025. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

Bottom: Suella Lohse, 4, looks at the makeshift altar for those Tohono Oʼodham family members, Stella Tucker and great-grand-aunt “Grandma Juanita,” who have passed, prior to a Mass on the St. John the Baptist’s feast day in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

Top: John Vasquez Bedoy blesses the ramada, a canopy topped with saguaro ribs to provide shade, with sage prior to a St. John the Baptist's feast day Mass in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

Bottom Left: The Rev. Aro Varnabas leads the St. John the Baptist’s feast day Mass in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

Bottom Right: The Rev. Aro Varnabas leads the St. John the Baptist's feast day Mass in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

As crushed fruit from the Saguaro cactus harvest dries, The Rev. Aro Varnabas leads the St. John the Baptist’s feast day Mass in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

Francine Larson Segundo, of the Tohono Oʼodham nation, walks through the desert looking for saguaro cactus fruit during harvest season in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

— This is a Documentary Photo Story Curated By Associated Press (AP) Photo Editors.

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What a night.

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[psycheapuleius]

Eloy Arizona

Picacho State Park

March 2024

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weekend in arizona | sims 4 lookbook 🌵

01. sunglasses | bikini top | pants

02. dress | heels

03. dress | heels | sunglasses

04. top | bikini bottoms

hairs are by @thekunstwollen & @simcelebrity00 <3

tysm to the amazing cc creators for these items! @joliebean @sentate @serenity-cc @bbygyal123 @nickname-sims4

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Arizona 🌵😍 Sunsets

[project-sekai-archives]

Enjoy time off with Rui!

What should he do while he's in Arizona? 🌵

Let us know in the comments below!

🎨: @To___e

[diariesofadom]

what region of the United States are you from? And what got you into being a mommy in the abdl scene

Arizona🌵

I was originally a femdom and when I joined abdl from a diaper kink & Incontinence. I found the world of mommy dom and I loved it❤️❤️

I like having a softer control on others and I've always had a motherly type way with people. Growing up even my friends would call me mom.

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A favorite place to cruise in Tucson is Viejo. Puertas y Ventanas de Barrio Viejo, Tucson, Arizona 2025 ~ One of THE last Adobe style neighborhoods inside a metro area in the United States. 🚪🌵🌸

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MinaShirakawa: Arizona, you’re wild🌵❤️‍🔥

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Mike's HAT, sperms and cactus.

The green cactus is shaped like an "M and "W" bearing flowers.

(also read)

Most Cacti are Hermaphroditic

That means their flowers contain both male and female reproductive parts:

Stamens (♂️): Produce pollen (the male part).

Pistil (♀️): Includes the stigma and ovary (the female part).

Is a cactus male or female? Usually both (in its flowers) — but in rare cases, there are separate male and female plants.

So, one cactus flower can fertilize itself or another flower, depending on the species.

- This cactus looks like 🌵 Saguaro Cactus, native to the Sonoran Desert (Arizona, parts of California, and northern Mexico) It only grows naturally in this region, nowhere else in the world! -Flowers bloom in May and June, only at night and close by morning -Pollinated by nocturnal creatures such as bats and moths and doves - The fruit (ripens in June) is sweet and red How Do Cacti Reproduce? 🌵 Cactus reproduction is pretty wild , they can multiply through seeds, flowers, cuttings, and even cloning themselves.

Mike's hat features a cactus with flowers and even some pictures of sperm, which suggests that the cactus symbolizes sexual reproduction rather than asexual reproduction. 

So it begins...Michael's nerdy courtship dance....

focused on Will....Not to mention, the gayest song playing in the background "Tarzan Boy" Hat, contact sports, socks, milkshake, cotton candy

Will has his Hat!(on a yellow table) And got the cotton candy* to which Mike replies...

"Mine's better"

licks his thumbs while looking at Will.

Is Mike the daddy of the baby slugs???

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SH 💫 [240809] Instagram Update "Arizona🌵"

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Welcome to High Street, Arizona 🚏 Steven’s Modified 1967 VW Beetle

1967 Volkswagen Beetle on Custom Forged 3P Wheels & Air Lift Performance 3H 3P Suspension

Home is where the heart is,

And this VW Beetle was cooked with love 💕

When it comes to a project car built at home— you wouldn’t imagine quality like this ✨

Impressive modern-day restoration to this modified 1967 Volkswagen Beetle on Custom Forged 3P Wheels & Air Lift Performance 3H 3P Suspension as Trevor Zielinski leaves the frame as grounded as possible 🥂

A special mention to the collaborative support of car photographer Steven Hernandez— because the Vibes of Arizona have been surreal 🌵✨

@stevehvisualz • @trevorzielinski • #STRICTSTANDARDS 🇺🇸