First day of October

Thank goodness October is HERE!  And, our temps have dropped and are dropping.  Yesterday was mid-90's and by the end of the week, low 90's and high 80's!  Whoo, whoo!  I haven't had to turn on the air conditioner now for nearly a week.  Nineties here are quite pleasant, as long as it is DRY.  I read that Al, of the Bayfield bunch, is ready for a season of sunshine in Arizona.  Who wouldn't be, after a dark, damp, and dreary season?  I, on the other hand, am ready for some SNOW in our local mountains.  Yeah, that won't be happening for a while here, although I DO remember one year when they got snow on Halloween.  I don't know if they will have snow by then or not this year...Last year's snowfall was minimal.

Just a pretty mountain view this morning!  :-)

Ranch lizards

There are a LOT of lizards up at the horse ranch where I board my horses.  And hawks, too, so I'm not sure how the lizards survive.  There's a dark one on their patio who scares me every time I see him~he's HUGE!  And dark!  I always think he's a snake, but he's not.  These little guys were out & about last weekend, so I took some pics of them.  They are cute!

Some photos I didn't get to post this week

You know, I'm kinda funny...I like to post my photos on a weekly basis, then on the weekends, go out and take more.  I TRY to do this every week.  However, some weeks I either don't take enough photos, or they are just horse photos which I post on my horse blog:   http://deserthorses.blogspot.com  I try to keep this one limited to my exploits driving from Palm Desert, through Garner Valley, and then down into Anza.  So, last weekend, I took these photos, but just didn't have a chance (or the time) to post them...I guess this is "cleanup" Saturday.

Old fences~Friday's Fences~092713

I love this old thoroughbred farm at the corner of Highway 74 and 371.  It is no longer used as a thoroughbred breeding farm (thank goodness), but it now boards horses.  And, I love how the fences aren't up-to-date on their paint!  Don't you?  Friday's Fences for September 27, 2013.  To visit FF, please go to:  http://lifeaccordingtojanandjer.blogspot.com/  Hey, I even managed to get a crow in the bottom two photos!

Fog

As I dropped down the top of the mountain, to the road to Anza last weekend, I spotted a whole swath of fog.  Fortunately, I was able to spot a turnout and stop and take a photo of it.  I wonder what I'll find this weekend?

Just a hint of autumn

The cottonwoods up in Anza are turning yellow...already!  :-)  I found this one last weekend.  Fall is here.  It is even here in the desert.  It's CHILLY this morning and tomorrow it will only be in the low 80's!  Man, time to get the sweaters out!  Somebody asked if we get frost here.  Yes, we do.  I remember a hard frost one year in March and it nearly took out my bougenvillas.  And, our local mountains get...SNOW!  One time, snow was on Haystack Mountain, which is above Palm Desert, about 3,000 feet.  I grabbed the kids and took them out to view it.  HA~ That was over 25 years ago!

Horse ranch on the last day of summer

This is one of the views of the horse ranch on Saturday, the last day of summer.  The ranch is very green right now.  They've had a LOT of rain the last month.  But, things are drying out and no rain is forecast for a while.  The horses were enjoying the last day of summer and they are already shedding their summer coats and getting their winter ones.