mountain view

One thing I really like about where we live, is that the mountains are about 20 minutes away. Unfortunately, since the air quality out here is so terrible most of the year, you can only see them maybe a little more than a month or so out of the year! Last week, after some awesome rain, the air was clear enough to see them (although, it was still a hazy view...), and I had to take some pictures to prove how close they are! :)

from the edge a field near our house

I have never been able to get over all of the random shopping carts EVERYWHERE.

The homeless use them for their belongings...and alot of people take the bus, so they use the carts to take their stuff to the bus stops and then leave them. I've seen other people use them as strollers.

It drives me nuts seeing them all over...

view from the far west end of our street.

Apparently they are going to start building a house on this empty lot soon...

in front of our house in the street :)

Yay for garbage day :)

The white posts sticking out of the ground are at more empty lots where they are starting to mark for houses.

from our backyard.

Yay for naked vines on the neighbor's gazebo and spindly trees that need some leaves! ;)

So there you go. Proof that we have mountains nearby! :)