The mornings have become considerably cooler -- the first hints of fall. I had to put a blanket on the bed, such a change from the relatively warm nights of last week when temps were not below 70 -- even here! This morning it was 55. It's an interesting time to be part of a farming community with harvest activities going on.
Looking out the kitchen window Thursday evening, I spotted two deer in the neighbor's garbanzo field. I thought they looked like mule deer -- so we checked with the binoculars and found them to be two mule deer bucks! They were there again last night. And they don't discriminate. When they get tired of garbanzos, they move into our wheat field.
Upon our return from taking the dogs for a walk, we came upon a rattler at the top of our lane -- coiled and ready to fight. I kept the dogs away while Mike encouraged the snake to move along with a long pole. My dad wouldn't let a rattler live -- but we try to take a more charitable approach, especially since they have a function in our eco-system.
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