Fall beats winter, but spring beats fall.

Acer  grandidentatum

Quercus gambelii

Mine turns brown and not the "typical red" of the species.

First frost

Pacific tree frogs, out in 30-32 deg F  weather.

First snow

And my girl thought it was funny when Dad tries to dress her.

The rest of the yuccas and few odds and ends.(well most of them)

Yucca Faxoniana (seed grown)

Yucca faxoniana (hardy form from HighCountryGardens)

Yucca faxoniana (seed grown)

Yucca angustissima?  (I think)

Hesperaloe parviflora 

Yucca baccata

Yucca brevifolia

Y. brevifolia sucker, last one died over the winter.