Fence in the fog~Friday Fences~January 27, 2012

Dead tree and fence in the fog last weekend up by the horse ranch.  The weather up there is VERY different from down in the desert and I'm always intrigued by the differences between the two environments. We don't often get fog in the desert, but it is fairly frequent up in our local mountains.  SkyWatch Friday for January 27, 2012.  To visit Friday Fences, please go to:   http://lifeaccordingtojanandjer.blogspot.com/

Louisiana horses

I know you have read about the horses in Louisiana and their situation.  It's just so awful...I looked up their pedigrees and there are some nice mares still alive that need new homes.

Here's the link to the Louisiana Horse Rescue Association, if you could make a donation.  I mailed  out my check yesterday.  These mares need HELP!

http://lahorserescue.com/horsesofmany.html

and here's their facebook page:     http://www.facebook.com/#!/LHRA1

Thank you.

Sunni's tale and tail

So, I braved the wind gusts on Saturday to get up to the horse ranch where the herd is boarded.  It was drizzling and the wind was blowing sideways! Quad and Sunni and Gigondas were out of feed, so I went to the feed store and bought 4 bags of pellets~bermuda, orchard, and sweet feed.  Before I left to go to the feed store, the ranch owner came up to me and told me that SOMEBODY had chewed off Sunni's long, gorgeous tail!  Sunni had a beautiful, long, full tail, which I trimmed about every other visit!  It was full and hung long and flowing.  Er..uh..not anymore!  (see pics of his tail now)...To see the photos of the perpetrator, please look at the bottom photos!  GUESS WHO???  (...smacking head on forehead)...well, at least he isn't cribbing on his water trough or feeder!

Birds~Sunday Stills Challenge~012212

I wasn't going to do this week's challenge at first, but then I remembered that last week we took the grandson to the Living Desert Reserve in Palm Desert and I took him through one of the aviaries there.  There was a white egret there and he liked the white bird.  There are a lot of these egrets here in the desert.  I see them at the resorts and golf courses.  I even see them down by my school, out in the fields.  Sunday stills Challenge for January 22, 2012.

storm update~Sunday

Our local paper is reporting that the Humana golf tournament was cancelled yesterday due to the high winds.  Several cars were involved in a traffic accident out on Interstate 10 and an apartment building in Palm Springs lost power after a tree fell on it.  In Palm Desert, tree limbs litter the streets.  We were LUCKY that our cottonwood and 2 large eucalyptus trees held up.  At one point, I did think we were going to lose our huge mesquite tree which covers our front porch, but it remains standing.  It's still dark yet and I may go out later with my camera for a drive.  The winds were clocked at 66 miles per hour at the Palm Springs airport!  YIKES!  Here are a couple of scenes from yesterday, up on Highway 74, which I drive to get to my horses.

Saturday

Oh, my goodness!  The wind today is something ELSE~  I had to drive up the mountain to buy pellets for the horses and on the way, I wasn't even sure if I'd make it all the way.  It was that windy!  I figured I would just drive as far as I could and just see...I did make it, but it was misting heavily up there and and windy and the mist was coming down sideways!  I bought pellets for the herd, unloaded 4 bags, gave them some, and came home.  Along the way back down the hill, the wind gusts nearly knocked me off the road a couple of times!  I drove very slowly and pulled off onto each turnout, just to slow down!  Believe me, NOBODY was speeding down that mountain today!  I stopped to take this photo of the clouds moving along the mountains.  It's good to be home, but we just had a gust of wind that nearly took the roof off our house!  I was afraid that we'd lose some trees in the front yard, but so far, they're still with us!  UPDATE:  Hubby reported that several trees fell on cars over at the hotel and the streets of Palm Desert are littered with trees and tree branches! 

Fence and field~Friday Fences~012012

I was driving around last weekend up in the mountains where I board the herd and came upon this field and fence.  The fence wasn't much to look at, but there were crows out in the field.  They seem to like this corner and I frequently see them there.  Friday Fences for January 20, 2012.  To visit Friday Fences, please go to:  http://lifeaccordingtojanandjer.blogspot.com/