Sunday Drive Home

Posted on November 1, 2021 by vanbraman

Sunday afternoon I had a nice drive home through the valley.

Sunday drive, central valley, tomatoes, hills, rain, greening hillsThere were some scattered clouds in the sky and some wet spots along the road after the rains from last weekend.

Sunday drive, central valley, tomatoes, hills, rain, greening hillsIt looked like most of the tomato harvest was over for the year. I saw several tomato harvesters parked along the edges of the fields.

Sunday drive, central valley, tomatoes, hills, rain, greening hillsIt was nice to see that the harvest is ending as there will be less dust in the air.

Sunday drive, central valley, tomatoes, hills, rain, greening hillsLooking out toward the hills you could see freshly plowed fields that were a bit wet. They will soon be planting the next crop.

Sunday drive, central valley, tomatoes, hills, rain, greening hillsLooking way out to the hills you could see that they are starting to turn green after the recent rains. Soon the hills will look like it is spring time if you lived in other areas of the country. The wonders of the rainy season.

Steven

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Late October Roses

Posted on October 31, 2021 by vanbraman

This afternoon I did some yard work, so thought I would share some late October roses.

late october roses, yard work, fall, autumn, rosesI took this picture before I got started with the yard work. You can definitely see that I needed to mow. Especially after the heavy rain last week.

late october roses, yard work, fall, autumn, rosesThis next rose is on my Mister Lincoln rose bush. I am still getting nice large blooms that are very fragrant.

late october roses, yard work, fall, autumn, rosesUnfortunately they do not last too long and are soon losing their petals.

late october roses, yard work, fall, autumn, rosesThe rose bush is a little shorter this year. It didn’t make it up into the eaves like it has in the past years.

late october roses, yard work, fall, autumn, rosesI still have a lot of yellow roses on my bushes. Do you see the rose petals on the freshly mown grass? These are the petals from the rose in the first picture. They were all knocked off when I was trimming the grass around the bush.

I will probably have roses for another two months so have a lot more to enjoy this year.

Steven

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