About Salinas' Las Palmas Ranch

Las Palmas Ranch is a beautiful place to live! Here is the centrally located pool area...great weather this morning and the best time to go for a swim!

The sun is finally shining today on the Monterey Peninsula and just in time for the long holiday weekend! Many of you will spend the time outdoors with family and friends...if you are thinking about your landscaping and sprucing up your yard..you may want to stop by McShane' Nursery! They are offering weekly classes of all sorts thru the month of June....check out the schedule here: www.mcshanesnursery.com Free Gardening Classes at McShane's Nursery Everyone's dog has to learn not to eat the grass the hard way. We've all had that early morning in our slippers having to get out the garden hose to clean away the aftermath. Unfortunately, then they move on to the rest of the garden. McShane's Nursery will host a Pet Friendly Landscapes class to learn which plants, fertilizers and treatments are safe for your pets. dates: Sat, May 29 add to calendar time: 1:30pm price: Free venue: McShane's Nursery & Landscape Supply 115 Highway 68, Salinas contact: 831-455-1876 McShane's is located just a few miles from Las Palmas Ranch.....Hope to see you there!
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Today was the Las Palmas Ranch Spring Egg Hunt! And my girls had so much fun! We were the first to arrive so they could scope out the eggs and candy!

We arrived at 12:45pm and by 1pm the full crowd had arrived.

The field was laned off by age group. I remember last year they did not do this and the little ones were run over by the older kids and the little kids didn't get much! This year it was sorted by age group and worked great! All the ages were happy :)

She had a nice time! The twins are almost 4!

As you can see in the background...lots of eggs filled with candy and other goodies! Las Palmas Ranch Homeowner Association was very thoughtful in there "green" efforts..after the hunt was over, all of the kids had to empty there plastic eggs in a large bin to be recycled for next year! The candy was the best part anyway! Right MOM?

AND OF COURSE THE BUNNY SHOWED UP!

This morning when I woke up and looked out the window I was pleasantly surprised to see snow on the mountains behind my home at Las Palmas Ranch!

It has been cold, as you may have noticed. Now it feels like the holidays. Although it won't last it has helped me to get into the spirit this season!

A few blogs ago I posted about the deer in my backyard and included a few photos; one with my dog Charlie looking at the deer in the window. Well, last week I found the photo that I thought that I had lost.

One day will making lunch, I saw what I thought was a large cat, dog? I looked up and saw that it was not a cat or a dog well it was a large cat..a bobcat!!! I had heard that they are in the area but I not seen one before so close!

My new Nikon was on the kitchen counter and without even thinking, I ran back to my bedroom..in the direction that the bobcat was headed and I opened the bedroom door (I still can't believe that I did that!) and proceed to take a photo of the majestic cat! He turned and ran down the hill (lucky for me) and as he looked back I was able to take this photo of him. I have not seen him since!