this little guy stopped by for a visit today pm127121 

when I snapped the shutter he turned to look at me  pm127122 

for people who have never seen a Mormon Tea Tree, here are a couple of pictures of them, by itself mtt124121  a group of trees  mtt124122   mtt124123 

a dead Mormon Tea Tree  mtt124124 

Mormon tea tree seed pods,

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pictures of the sunset last night taken from our yard, was taken with a little point and shoot. DSLR was packed away

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A couple of pictures of seed pods on a tree up at the college

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looks like all the trees at the college have changing leaves  ct1129121 

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a couple of challenge shots from the desert.

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I guess these could be for the challenge. Leaves on some of the trees at the college are changing colors. ct1126121   ct1126122 

a couple of roses not giving up yet, I know not part of the challenge.  ct1126123   ct1126124 

in case I don't get on the site tomorrow because I will be preparing for Turkey day, I want to wish everyone here a Happy Thanksgiving

 Happy Thanksgiving 

I got some more for the challenge. these were taken up by the college on our morning walk

decaying pomegranate  df1119121  found some leaves still on this tree  df1119122 

leaf that fell off the tree onto the grass  df1119123  these are berries on a nightshade plant  df1119124 

The roses are gone for the season,  lr1118121    lr1118122 

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see you next spring                    

the sunflowers are no more a thing of beauty  ds1117121   ds1117122   ds1117123 

only a very few leaves left on my locust tree in our yard  ds1117124 

have no idea what this was dl1116121 this one neither but I like how it was lit by the sun  dl1116122 

almost there  dl1116123  still hanging on  dl1116124 

some pictures of autumn leaves

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I guess these are the last of the roses for this year, rose buds lr1114122   lr1114123 

roses  lr1114121  lr1114124