Wow. What glorious photos. It is so grey that they looked monochrome until the details registered. Simply terrific! I really do like the idea of doing the same set of photos in the summer.

My world is turning beige again. We had a very abnormally wet fall (2 rains about 6 weeks apart) and the desert has more foliage than I've ever seen in the fall, but the weather is cooling rapidly. 3C for the low this morning, the weather guessers suggest we might even get a little frost this week.

I hadn't seen an caterpillars the last 3 days. They have been the primary life source for the past several weeks since the reptiles went to bed for the winter. Yesterday, I saw three of them on our walk and they were moving REALLY FAST in caterpillar terms. It's time for them, too.

I'm glad you had a good day at the beach. I hope the hot chocolate was as good as it sounds.