Sunday Stroll

It was a little chilly here yesterday, but sunny and bright. We decided to get out for a walk around the area neighboring the RV park. It's good that we did because it's raining today. It rained hard most of the night and the wind was blowing. It make sleep difficult, but we were able to sleep in a little later than usual this morning.

For our walk, we headed first to see if we could find where the off-roaders were leaving the park. Apparently, one can take an OHV (Off Highway Vehicle) out into the desert and all the way to the mountains. We talked with one of the riders who told us we could ride for miles out into the desert and that there are lots of petroglyphs to be seen. It might encourage us to bring our smaller truck camper with ATV's in tow one of these days. And, I just love the mountains. They are so beautiful in an understated kind of say.

So what did we see on our walk? Well...these palm trees, and yes, the sky really was that blue.

I'm a fan of bird houses, and I liked these two attached to a mailbox.

This prickly pear cactus is loaded with "pears." If this were my plant, I'd be researching ways to make jelly and other assorted prickly pear goodies.

It was a part of a much larger plant. And we saw a whole bunch of these cacti in various stages of dead and dying, lying flat on the ground like stacks of thorny pancakes. It was kind of sad. We wondered how one could kill a cactus when one lives in the desert.

Also, this cactus, which I believe is a type of cholla. I can't tell if those yellow blobs are fruit or flowers, but whatever...it's getting ready to do its thing.

Nobody plants grass here. Instead the landscaping is lots of rocks and yard art.

I like how this next house had diamond shapes in the rocks. You can also see them in the steps leading to the front door. Reminds me of a quilt.

Someone had this pig by their front door. I have to text this to my friend Sue. Whenever I see a pig I send it to her, no matter what. She likes pigs.

And of course, I looked for every blooming thing. Blooming things are in short supply in the desert this time of year, but I found some snapdragons. 

Also, a rose, but the image didn't turn out. And these yellow guys growing in the RV park.

This particular yard had lots of animal sculptures, and practically an entire herd of yard art deer. I'm not sure deer inhabit this part of the world. But I liked this hedghog. He was about the size of a football.

As we walked back to our RV, we passed by this finch singing his guts out, trying to attract the ladies, no doubt.

The clouds in the sky at sunset were hinting at the storm to come, but it did make for a pretty evening sky.

Day is done. 

I took a few days off from my slow-stitching, but my fingers got itchy to get back at it yesterday. I'm making progress slowly but surely. 

So that's where I'm headed next. It's most likely going to be a sewing day with such wet weather outside. We need to pick up a couple of things from the grocery store. Aside from that, it might just be an NBS day (nothing but sewing). If nothing else, I'll start doing some cutting for one of the little minis I brought along.