Just lovely, Llo. I noticed on the pic of your horse how brown everything seemed. We are in drought here but most grasses are just beginning to put up seedheads. It's a favorite autumn ritual here too to bring in bits of nature's bounty. josh

Josh, everything is brown (Californians call it "golden")
we actually had measurable rain in June, generally unheard of,
but any rain to soak into the ground is not coming until perhaps the end of this month or even later, meanwhile we eat dust