Monday - Fall?

The blogging world is filled with images of fall: brilliantly colored leaves, gray skies, furry coats, and even snow.  I spent the weekend desperately trying to capture some fall photos from here in Sunny California.  I wasn't very successful.  Up until Friday morning, it had been in the high 70s with nothing but warm sunshine. On Friday, a cool storm finally blew through splattering us with just enough rain to dampen the ground. Before I could get a photo, the sun returned and the clouds broke apart.  Thankfully the temperatures seem more fall-like than the sky would suggest.  Our temperatures have finally dropped to the high 50s.

Here is what fall looks like in California's Central Valley ...

There's a little bit of yellow in those trees.

The tops of the trees are just beginning to turn purple.

Some clouds left over from Friday's rain.

Finally! Some yellow leaves ...

I am not complaining.   I love California's mild climate.  We can truly ride and school our horses nearly 365 days a year.  The ground won't get too hard, nor will it get too muddy.  The temperatures might get cold, but with gloves and a medium-weight jacket it's very comfortable.

Sometimes it would just be nice to see your breath and hear snow crunch underfoot.  Since snow isn't likely, I'll continue riding in my t-shirt and hosing off my wooly mammoths.  No one has told the ponies that fall is arriving late!