No Fall Colors

None around my house, have to drive onto the Fort or into town.  This is fall to me, when wild AZ Sunflowers come up in late September.

Fence lines on north property have AZ Sunflowers all along, up past barn.  Equines are not interested in eating wildflowers.  Poppet is interested in whatever bugs are crawling about. You can see how bright this AZ sun is today.

 Inside my little side yard, out the window of quilting room.  I let it go after a devastating microburst. High wind and heavy rain turned into dime and quarter sized hail.  Left it all in tatters.  Some plants were spared by the mulberry tree.  That tree had everyone of its leaves shredded.  Much of the fig was spared along with a little apple tree and weeping pine. Trumpet vine lost leaves inside the yard, it was untouched on outside.  Hail was coming down sideways.

Our barren backyard during storm.  We have tried to grow trees and such back there but it's like the ground is poisoned.  That and 100 year freezes or flying masses of leaf eating bugs. 

Side yard during storm.  Patio table has since been moved under carport.  

Not sure why we keep trying. LOL.  Husband says he is going to take a welding class at our local Community College and learn how to make metal trees and bushes.  Hope he does now that he's retired.  I'll share some Spring photos next time.

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Hope to make it over to Tombstone October 20 for the parade.  We have never been.