When you reach the end of the road turn around and now you are at the beginning

Crimson glow of prickly pears contrast with the blue sky.  

The shadow puppets dance this morning.  

The weather this morning was feeling very fall like with cool temperatures before sunrise.   As we started our Wednesday morning walk and headed out of the yard I could not help but stop and look at the prickly pear cactus in the front yard.  The little fruits are an amazing shade of crimson and stand out brightly from the green cactus pads.  I think I am going to try and do something with them this year rather than letting them go to waste.  I am hoping to  make prickly pear jelly from the juice extracted from the fruit.  No matter what,  the cactus is a nice addition to my front yard as well as providing a little disincentive for burglars who might want to run around in my yard at night.  We headed out and walked by the Yellow Jacket hive and as I expected the property owner has dealt with them.  I can't blame him for wanting to protect his family.  We walked on down to the end of the road and then turned around and started back when I saw a very nice scene looking down the road in an easterly direction.  The sun was coming down through the trees to the road below presenting shadows that stretched out toward the west.  This part of the road can create some amazing shadow effects in the fall and spring when the wind moves the the leaves on the trees causing a shimmering pattern on the road.  I always enjoy the show when I see it.  As a note to all of the people reading my blog I will be submitting one blog per day now instead of two. I have a second blog for work called "A little help with big prints"  at  bigprinthelp.blogspot.com which I will need to work on each day as well.  I will still try to get both walks into the blog during the weekends though. My thanks to those who stop by regularly.  I do appreciate you reading my blog.  Please remember 9/11 today.   Bye.