One of the things I love most about our neighborhood is that when we step out for a stroll it’s always a beautiful nature walk.
We see vibrant wildflowers alongside the street. Acres of trees, shrubs, and flowers. The rolling hills and rocky canyons.
Hawks and buzzards circle overhead against the bright blue skies.
We stop and name the people and dogs that occupy the homes we pass. We collect flowers, rocks, berries, and rolie-polies.
We stop and chat with the occasional neighborhood walkers and pets.
We watch the roadrunners skitter across the street, sometimes with lunch clutched between its beak. We watch and wait for the deer. Sophie will call for them to come, but that’s never actually worked.
We'll cross the street and listen for the babble and gurgles of the creek.

I often take Nik along on our walks and snap snap snap my way through 50 photos or so.

These are my favorites from our walk three times ago...
The yellow flowers blooming from the cluster of cacti.








this one's my favorite