Where is Fall?

by Terri

Have you seen it? Has it made its appearance where you live? Well, fall here is a little different.  We have to really search for it and the signs are pretty subtle. If we really want to see full-blown fall color like the photo above, we have to drive a couple of hours away. Not always possible.  So we look for fall beauty in other places.  Like the ripening of the pomegranates:

And the pumpkin displays all over town:

 

 

And we take delight in the tiniest of changing leaves:

 

But there are treasures here in the fall that most places don’t have like the monarchs and Queens passing through on their way south for the winter:

The bright pop of red from the prickly pear fruit:

The rain lilies that bloom in my yard for a few short weeks this time of year:

And the occasional surprise of a late-blooming cactus flower. This one delighted me by appearing in my yard just this past week:

So even though we don’t have trees that change to brilliant reds, oranges and yellows, pine cones underfoot or a little nip in the air, we do have fall in the desert.  It's still beautiful. It’s just a little different.