Life in the desert

I'm behind on the promised update post. I know I'm behind. I don't have time to sit down and write all that because we ran errands yesterday in Nevada (by the way, probably not the best choice of days, given the regatta in which hundreds of folks, half of whom were drunk, hopped on inflatables and floated down the Colorado River) and I have a job interview tomorrow and am still playing catch-up on laundry.

I did take time to snap a few photos today for the folks who are concerned that I'm living in a barren wasteland. It is the desert, but there is plenty of life here. I wasn't fast enough to catch the bunnies, but I was fast enough for the quail in my neighbor's yard.

And we have palm trees.

And, at the back patio, there is what I think is an acacia. I could be wrong.

And there are trees of other sorts but not so many that they block the view of the many mountains surrounding us.

And the Babaloo saved pineapple plants.

And as long as I'm showing you the back patio, I might as well show you the front of the place.

And that's it for now, because I have banana bread in the oven and laundry I need to cycle.