Little blue house~Outdoor Wednesday 011211

I've been posting about the little blue house and pink house over on my other blog, deserthorses, (http://deserthorses.blogspot.com/), but I thought I'd post them here, too. Believe it or not, I don't have a lot of followers who cross over between the two blogs. They either follow the desert horses one or this one, but rarely follow both. I completely understand that. This blog is devoted to our adventures in the desert southwest, mostly Arizona. We'll be heading that way next weekend, over to Scottsdale. My desert horses blog seems to most attract other horse owners and we have formed a close knit community. I hope to eventually do that on this blog. If you have ANY questions about the desert southwest, please email me! ANYWAY...back to my post...Along the road to the western entrance to Joshua Tree National Park, there is a little blue and pink house. Actually, these would be homesteads. There was a time when an individual or family could just put up a structure on land and claim it. I would imagine that these two structures would be old homesteads. They sure are cute and I wonder what happened to their families? I got out and investigated them, totally ignoring the "Keep Out" sign. I found old lanterns and a mailbox that needs some TLC. Actually, both little houses need some TLC! Joshua Tree is in the high desert, so during the summer, it is about 10 degrees cooler than our desert and I don't believe it gets up to 120 degrees, like ours. However, it also gets colder in winter and they frequently have snow. So, enjoy the tour of the "little houses" here in the desert southwest. To see other participants in Outdoor Wednesday, please visit: http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/