Enjoy this slideshow of Damsel’s photos of flowers taken last spring. The weather here is sort of gloomy with the forecast pointing to more rain today and tonight. I thought a few spring flowers would cheer us up. 😀
Environment
Keeping Warm on a Rainy Day
When the weather gets gloomy, Beethoven likes to snuggle under his blanket. Click on the image to enlarge.
Desert Delight
The Wickenberg Sportsmen’s Club, where we went to practice shooting today, is less than a fifteen minute commute from our little house. It’s a short distance but the route takes us out to the east side of town where there are wide-open desert spaces.
This scene is the view across Constellation Road just outside of the entrance to the club’s shooting facilities. Note the very happy saguaro cactus on the right and the hills and mountains in the desert beyond. It’s just beautiful!
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Gorgeous Autumn Days
We had some rainfall over the weekend (and some hail too). After the weather passed, we have been having beautiful weather. The temperatures during the daytime have been around the low to mid 50’s and the night temperatures are just a hair below freezing.
I took this photo from the ridge just about a quarter mile north of our house. The Bradshaw mountains are in the background with the northeast part of our little town visible below the rim of mountains. We think that there may be a little snow on the north side of the mountains after the weekend precipitation. One of these days, we will take a drive up that way after the next snowfall for some photo ops. Click on the image to enlarge.
Christmas Colors
There are natural desert shrubs along the road in front of our house. One of those is a small palo verde tree. I took advantage of its green color by hanging red Christmas ornaments on it. I think it looks festive and cute. Click on the image to enlarge.
Late Fall Colors
I don’t know what type of tree this is, but it has turned the nice shade of red over the last few weeks. Click on the image to enlarge.
Fall Colors on the Hassayampa
I took this photo from the bridge over the Hassayampa River today on our way back from a shopping trip to Surprise, AZ. This is looking approximately north and parallel to the river bank. A month or two ago, all the vegetation would have been green but now some are turning to their fall colors. Click on the image to enlarge.