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![Meyer Lemons bring cheerful color on a gray day.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1eb7ff_f179ffab7737498ba33810d8f96ed7f8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_312,h_234,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1eb7ff_f179ffab7737498ba33810d8f96ed7f8~mv2.webp)
Meyer Lemons bring cheerful color on a gray day.
The Meyer Lemon tree is producing a lot of fruit. It looks like it grew quite a bit since a year ago. The organic fertilizer and the rain...
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Seeds for the birds
The birds are enjoying the dried seeds on plants in the front yard. After it bloomed and then dried up, I left the Amaranthus "Hot...
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Lovely Red Tiger Abutilon
Oh, isn't the Abutilon Red Tiger blossom lovely... We purchased this plant as a seedling from Spiral Gardens http://www.spiralgardens.org...
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Mockingbird's delight
We are so surprised to see that the figs on our potted Black Jack fig tree are actually ripening now. We bought the tree late Spring of...
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Anna's hummingbirds
The Anna's hummingbirds are here all year round. Although we used to have a nectar feeder set up for them at our previous home, now that...
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Brown-Eyed Bushtits in the garden
Finally able to capture some images of these adorable little birds. They fly into the garden often, but they are so quick, that I haven't...
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American Crows' treasure
The object above seems to be just an ordinary plastic cover for a jar. But you are mistaken if you think so. This is a treasure for the...
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Splash!
See how the Gold Crowned Sparrows just love bathing in the bird bath. Here is the same bird as it approached the bath. It sat on a wooden...
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Gold Crowned Sparrows in the bird bath
What a treat to see two Gold Crowned Sparrows in the bird bath! The bird standing in the bath was in there first before the second one,...
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Gold Crowned Sparrow
These days the gold crowned sparrows are often in the garden, both in the front and back. Here is one of them poking around a garden bed....