How do I know it is fall ?

Monday in Tucson.

Fall here is very different than in many other places.

We drop down from the heat of summer 115+ to the 90's.

Then one day it is in the low 80's evenings in the low 50's.

YeeHaw. . .  It is fall !

A few trees lose the leaves, but really no color unless you drive up 15 minutes 

to the mountains and see the turning leaves.

So how do I know it is fall besides the temperature ?

1. When thehamish comes in fron his early morning sniffs and runs like the wind

for his breakfast, the tips of his ears are cold.

2. The pool heater gets turned off and the sunscreen comes down.

3. The citrus starts turning colors.
4. The last of the Barrel cactus blooms are gone,
5. All the Prickle Pear cactus red seed pods are eaten.

6. The seeds pods are set on the Mesquite trees and they are losing the leaves.

7. The fruit is ripe on the pomegranate trees and they lose their leaves.

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 Yesh the tips of gud dug i thehamish is cold

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Heater is off and sunscreen is put away.

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 Tangeloes

 Sweet orange
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Blooms going leaving the yellow seed pods.

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Prickly Pear Cactus with fruit.

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 The Walking Dead Prickley Pear fruit, that didn't win Johns contest.

hahahaha snuck that one in.

 Pulled this one off the tree before it  exploded

much to the sadness of the Javelinas. They have been munching away.
On the exploding ones.

Exploding poms  I left these on the tree to long.

 Pomegranate  tree, losing all the leaves.

It is only 3 years old and produced quite a few poms. But still very young.

They were so juicy and tasty.

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As always here is your pretty to start the week !
Yummy, all of America need this !

Pass them on down !

fall. . . parsnip
music. . . A Thousand Miles,  Vanessa Carlton