We were driving along one of the main roads in our neighborhood shortly after moving here and we saw 3 horses, one of which was looking very pregnant. It struck us as odd but then we saw an older couple in a truck pull over near them and figured they were their horses and had somehow gotten out of their corral. About 2 weeks later we saw them again, but this time there was a foal! They were grazing in a field near the entrance to our neighborhood. And we realized something, these are wild horses! That's right, we have 4 wild horses roaming around our neighborhood (it is a large neighborhood at over 3 miles from end to end). There are lots of wild areas where there are no houses, just water runoffs and some walking/biking paths. We see them often and Jaxon and Chesni are both pretty sure they are their horses. The baby is hiding behind it's mommy in the first picture, but you can see it clearer in the 2nd. Obviously they have no fear of people, they just move out of your way if you try to walk/drive by.
I never realized how many bugs live in the desert. Big ones. Chesni came up to me holding a (dead) almost 3 inch beetle the other day! Nasty! Should have taken a picture, but I was too busy freaking out about her touching it. And this morning on our walk we came across the above praying mantis. Jaxon was very excited to see this particular bug because we saw one when we were in Georgia as well so there are some things that don't change when you move :)
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