Fiery Skipper sleeping in the sunflower
A few evenings ago, I noticed this lovely little butterfly sleeping in one of the Delta Sunflowers. What great camouflage! I had never...
Bees in the native garden
It's so much fun to observe the bees visiting our native plant garden. In the photo above is a honey bee in one of the Cosmos Cupcake...
A hooded oriole visits
These photos of a hooded oriole were taken 10 days ago, from our kitchen porch and through a screen door to the patio. I was standing on...
Western Scrub Jays on the Crabapple tree
Western Scrub Jays are in our neighborhood and the garden all year round. Within the past month at least one fledgling has been around...
The native garden
Here are some images of our native (almost all native) garden now. I am very proud of how it looks and have my vision of how it will look...
An American Lady butterfly
An American Lady Lady Vanessa virginiensis butterfly visited the patio yesterday afternoon. It landed on a buddleia flower head and...
The lovely gulf fritillary
Ooh, look at this graceful Gulf fritillary butterfly Agraulis vanillae as it balances on Sunshine Blueberry leaves on the patio. It looks...
Carpenter bee on the butterfly bush
So far I've only occasionally noticed carpenter bees in the garden. This is the first carpenter bee I've observed on a Butterfly Bush...
Lovely honey bees
Slowly but surely our Verbena lilacina "De La Mina", a California native, is growing and blooming. It is said to mainly attract...
All this going on in your garden
Always so fascinating to watch these macro videos. And this is going on all around us every day!
