As this blog post finds its way to your computer, I am on my way from fall in the mountains of northern New Mexico at 7,000 feet to fall in Oklahoma at 1,200 feet. We have had our first hard freeze and our first snowfall of the season (with no real accumulation). It’s time to transition.
Fall was beautiful this year with lots of blazing yellow. Now I’m hoping to see fall again in Oklahoma. Last year there were beautiful yellows, reds, and oranges, but strong winds blew them away in just a few days’ time.
I am sharing a few pictures from end of summer and fall in a climate that never got hot this year.
- Ammo in the middle of New Mexico sunflowers that grow abundantly here.
- A tiny berry from a black currant bush that grows wild on our property. It is the first time the bushes have produced fruit in 20 years. Time intensive to collect and remove the ends, but they were fun to eat added into a rhubarb/apple pie.
- Worth the walk up the hill to get a good view of the Brazos Cliffs which are the tallest in New Mexico.
- New Mexico sunflowers that didn’t get planted in the pot until the first of August, and they bloomed before the frost.
- Lovely fall colors.
- Lucy is a nosy chiweenie. This was a little scary because these wildflowers attract wasps.
- A giant sunflower in another pot on the deck. I held my breath until it bloomed! The last frost of the winter and the first frost of the fall can overlap in this area; that can make for a really short growing season.
- Sunrise!
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Beautiful pictures! It is so fun to experience autumn in different locations. Hope you have a safe trip!
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Thank you. We made it to OK safely. We were very tired as we each drove a vehicle the whole way.
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Such beautiful photos! I love New Mexico, I used to go to Santa Fe often for work, back when I worked.
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I think I have the best of both worlds. I love New Mexico, but the mountains are too snowy to want to spend the whole winter there.
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Lovely photos Linda, I would love to grow sunflowers! Wow, snow already, I can’t imagine! Safe travels…
Jenna
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The snow was beautiful, and I enjoyed fires in the wood burning stove for the last week we were there.
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Such lovely flowers of your pups, sunflowers and beauty all around you. Safe travels to you, Linda!
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Thank you, Nancy. You know about the treks between two houses. It takes me a few days to reorient my brain and remember where things are, but I know we are blessed.
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Your pictures are so inspiring, Linda! 😌 Thank you for sharing.
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Thanks, Laurie. My time there was so sweet that I had to share.
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Lovely pics ❤
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Thanks, Saania!
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My pleasure
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These are gorgeous images, Linda. You definitely have a lot of splendour nearby.
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It’s a great place, but I heard from my neighbor there today that the low was 9 degrees F and the high was 32 degrees F. I don’t know how that is by Canadian standards, but I think it is cold for November.🥶🍁
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That sounds similar to our temperatures right now. It was 34 yesterday and it snowed a bit last night. We went from 65 to 32 in Halifax in 3 days. Crazy!
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