Fall is on the way in the Canyon

Hi everyone, wanted to give a weather update.  Rained last night, sprinkled this morning.  Air is cool and inviting…makes you want to get out and enjoy everything because you know winter is on it’s way!  The temperature is 62 degrees at 1:22 pm. and it is still cloudy.  As I left this morning a deer ran [...]

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It is July 23, 2008 in the Canyon

Weather report, sunny, cool, slight breeze in tree tops…69 degrees at 8:23 am….beautiful.  Leaves on the Arizona Cypress trees are turning gold and falling softly into the water below, then they float lazily down stream until they are caught….
It is quiet in the canyon except for the squirrels, who are very busy scurrying around and [...]

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Wedding in Ramsey Canyon

It is 79 degrees here in Ramsey Canyon and soon a young couple will become man and wife in this beautiful setting…..Everything is perfect for it.
I went to the Apple Festival this morning at the Folklore Preserve, it was great fun, apple everything.  I made two apple pies to take, there was a display of [...]

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Brown Canyon Adventure

Just one mile down is the hiking trail for Brown Canyon, and we decided to take a ride down there at 6 am this morning….wow, what a beautiful area after all the rain we have had….the entry way was a beautiful meadow of Arizona Sunflowers, mixed in were some violet, ed, orange, yellow and white [...]

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Gould Turkeys

I spotted a flock of Gould Turkeys by the creek yesterday arount 4 pm.  They have returned to the forrest for the fall and will be here through October…the time is 7:42 here in the canyon, it is 50% outside.  I have seen the whitebreasted nuthatch, the Bridled Titmouse, many Mexican Blue Jays, and the [...]

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Morning in Ramsey Canyon

It is 7:21 am, a crisp 48 degrees here in the canyon.  There are 5 deer in the meadow, squirrels zipping around getting ready for winter and many hummingbirds buzzing outside the window….

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