It was a cloudy, windy day today. It's supposed to rain tomorrow, so possibly it was a front moving through. Meteorologists used to talk about fronts, high and low pressure, and what was causing the weather. No more, now they're all heavily made up dunderheads that know nothing. Anyway, it did cool off. Today is the first day since we got back that we wore long pants in the house.
We went for a bike ride wearing arm warmers. Also the first time for that. It was a nice ride, especially with the wind behind us. The clouds were pretty good.
We saw this flower at the top of the hill. It's a desert rose mallow (Hibiscus coulteri), and is native to this area.
This is a banana yucca (Yucca baccata) and is also native to the area. They're a fairly unattractive plant, but look at the bloom they produce.
Here is a close up.
There was a sunset tonight. We don't have the unobstructed view to the west that we had when we lived on Ten Star, I think we may start driving to a high point when a sunset is likely. This one wasn't too bad.
Other than that, I have not too much to say about anything.
Very pretty sunset and the mallow is beautiful. I'd call the banana yucca flower interesting.
ReplyDeleteLike you, I was wearing long pants yesterday. More because of the on and off again rain than the cooler weather. But I'll be in my jeans for the next few days as we're cooling off even more....and more rain.
We get our best view of the sunset during the winter when the sun has moved south enough that it sets behind the open field instead of the house on the west side of us.
ReplyDeleteMallows are amazing plants. They are so adaptable, and live in so many different environments!
ReplyDeleteLovely photos.
ReplyDeleteThe desert rose , almost made me cry , a survivor
ReplyDeleteYour part of the world looks so stark and harsh, but even there, you can find beauty.
ReplyDeleteOur local meteorologists (Raleigh & Durham) are still real meteorologists and do talk about fronts and real weather phenomena. I find it pretty interesting and am glad we get good weather info. I also follow a couple of meteorologists on Facebook that are just a bit west of us (Greensboro), so I can glean even more info. These things are important since we have such a big garden and are cyclists. Inquiring minds, and all that! Beautiful sunset pic. This is the only time of year we can see one, since we're in tall woods. When the leaves are off the trees, it can be astonishingly beautiful. When they're on, who knows?
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