Prickly pear celebrates the summer solstice

Nature celebrates the upcoming summer solstice by offering flowers for us to enjoy. One of the showiest and most unusual is the prickly pear cactus. “That’s right, there is a cactus considered to be an Ohio native, and it typically blooms around the solstice, adding beautifully showy yellow blooms to the dry, sun-baked sandy areas of Oak Openings,” said Art Weber, Metroparks nature photographer…