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In fraganti…

April 13, 2009 · 12 Comments

Late one night last week I went into the studio,
and found the “Nopalitos” plant were huddled in a hush, hush!
Can you believe this ???

I wonder what they were up to? What do you think?

Nopales In Fraganti © Lisa Rivas

Nopales In Fraganti • photo – digital • Lisa Rivas © 2009

“In flagranti crimine” is a latin phrase meaning  “caught red handed in crime”

Cactus_monday

He who profits by a crime commits it.  ~ Seneca

 

   

Filed In: Cactus & Succulents, Fine Art

Comments

  1. Deepa says

    April 13, 2009 at 3:49 am

    Ha ha…Tht was a nice crime caught red-handed:)
    It’ll give everyone a hearty laugh.Good day!
    https://deepazworld.blogspot.com/2009/04/cactus-missy-on-go.html

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  2. messy_fish says

    April 13, 2009 at 5:14 am

    ha ha ha ha I did not know you had such a bizarre sense of humour! And to express it in your art is wonderful. I love this!, and will look more closely to catch similar meetings occurring down under!

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  3. Lisa at Greeenbow says

    April 13, 2009 at 8:29 am

    I think they were all discussing wheter or not the Easter Bunny was going to bring them some chocolate or not. Cute drawing.

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  4. soulbrush says

    April 13, 2009 at 10:11 am

    i think they were discussing your wonderful art work and admiring it too. happy cactus monday friend.

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  5. yoon see says

    April 13, 2009 at 12:27 pm

    Yeah, so fun & cute Lisa!
    Lovely abstract little guys for decoration:)

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  6. Lynn says

    April 13, 2009 at 2:43 pm

    I think this is amazingly clever and well done!!!
    HCM

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  7. Diane C. says

    April 13, 2009 at 3:07 pm

    So lovely and unusual! I will never look at cactus the same way again after seeing this!

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  8. Marianne says

    April 13, 2009 at 6:00 pm

    hahaha! What a lovely illo this way!
    I am always curious what I will find on your blog. This was a nice surprise!
    HCM!

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  9. Julie says

    April 13, 2009 at 10:16 pm

    Whatever it was, you can bet they all had sticky fingers!!! LOL! Very sweet, and funny! Love it!
    Happy CM, Lisa!

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  10. studio lolo says

    April 14, 2009 at 10:32 am

    ha ha!! This is clever! A very fun CM post!
    XX

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  11. jessica says

    April 14, 2009 at 10:57 am

    How very clever!!! I love it.
    Your comment on my blog made me laugh. I, too, love leopard print…my bathroom, my bed, several articles of clothing….
    LOL

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  12. TeriC says

    April 20, 2009 at 1:10 pm

    Adorable and beautiful-those two words don’t usually come up together but it sure does this time!!
    Happy belated CM!

    Reply

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