Grab your scarf, pull out the leaf rake and put some hot water on the stove for a cup of hot chocolate.  Fall has arrived.  It’s that wonderful time of year when the air becomes crisp, the sky has a different hue of blue and the leaves change into the most beautiful colors.   We were a little worried about the Ozark color because of the dry summer season but low and behold mother nature still gave us a work of art.  A canvas of reds, oranges and yellows scattered across the Horseshoe Canyon Ranch valley.

 

Oct. 15 – The color is starting to really show.

 

October 20 – More color.

 

October 20 – One of my favorite ways to look at the fall colors is horseback.

 

October 20 – Fall means breeding season for the goats. This is one of our bucks (male) enjoying the fall sun with a doe (female).

 

October 24 – more change in the color.

 

October 24 – The horses after a day of work.

 

October 24 – A beautiful fall evening.

 

October 24

 

October 24 – The color on the hills makes me think of a big patchwork quilt.

 

October 25 – The day the color is predicted to peak.

 

October 25 – Peak day for color. If you click on the photo to enlarge it you can see the breakfast cookout riders.