Another Nice Sunrise

This shot was from a 7:30 a.m. walk, on the cold morning.  I only slightly upped the colors on this shot.  It's pretty true for the morning.

I'm looking forward to seeing some great sunsets as the weather heats up.

 

Where are the Jackrabbits?

We took a walk in a natural area we call Jackrabbit Hill.  But we didn't see any Jackrabbits.  A lot of the land is now for sale and already platted out.  We could see a lot of the desert plants were gone.  And I think the rabbits are gone too.  Very sad.

We did spot this Phainopepla (sometimes called a black Cardinal).

The Quail are so timid.  This one was on our back wall, but the minute they see me or the camera they usually flee.

A healthy looking purple Prickly Pear.

 

A Beautiful, Uneventful Week

 We've been having 70+ degree weather and have been taking advantage by playing Pickleball almost every day, sometimes twice a day.  Because of that we haven't done any new "off compound" exploring.

But, we have some events coming up that will hopefully be interesting to share on the blog.

So, tonight we have pizza, with a scratch, whole wheat dough.   This is the yeast in the mixer.

Here are the two pizzas, unbaked.

Vaccinations are happening here and hopefully I will b helping out with that as a volunteer soon.

Garage Floor

 The previous owner of our house had a son who did something filthy.  The garage floor is hideous.  His old bedroom carpet has so many black stains I can't imagine what he was doing.  The carpet is all gone.  And half of the garage is better.  I just painted "my half" which is the less cluttered side of the garage.

I used a degreaser and scrubbed the floor then let it dry for a day.  The painting only took about 1 1/2 hours to do "my half", but it was some work.  I think I'll live with it for a while and see how it holds up.

Saddlebrooke Nature

This is one of the several varieties of Hummingbirds I see in the backyard.  This one has a violet throat which really shimmers in the right light.  It's barely visible in this shot.  I'll have to work on better positioning of the camera.

This morning's very pink sunrise on the golf course.

 

Things seen around the Compound

The best shot I've gotten of a Cardinal, so far.  He and his mate are often eating seed in the backyard.  But they are very shy when I bring out the camera.

On a hike behind the Compound there is this arrangement of cairns - known an Cairn Village.  Kind of fun to see.

 

A New Addition

Yesterday I saw a bobcat come into our yard three times.  He was sometimes stalking birds.  Other times batting a leafy branch.  So I'm thinking he's a young one.

This morning he was on our wall again.  We think he is splitting his time between our house and a few adjacent neighbors.  It's fun watching for him.