A flurry of activity in the backyard
peek-a-boo with a brown-eyed bushtit in the dwarf valencia orange tree A few days ago, between the periods of rain showers, I observed...
Fresh blooms of the season
first paperwhites of the season What a relief to experience a somewhat normal winter here after the unusual warm weather last fall! With...
rainy day
raindrop on milkweed leaf It's a wonderful rainy day. I couldn't resist taking some photos in the midst of pouring rain. rain bubbles in...
Here's to a brighter, better new year!
Happy New Year from a honeybee in the rosemary hedge today
Happy Holidays!
Anna's Hummingbird in the rain
Fruit in season
It's that time of year for lots of citrus, apples and persimmons! I was never a big fan of persimmons, but now I like to eat them thinly...
Must read!
Did you know that the top shelf of your refrigerator is the warmest and the lowest shelf is the coldest? Or how to interpret the "sell...
Backyard visits
At least one goldfinch has been visiting the backyard and other parts of the garden for the past month. I finally got an image of it as...
Wet fuzzy plants
Here are more images of plants in the garden after the rain. These are some of the plants with soft hairlike fibers, above Mexican Salvia...
rain drops
More than a day of intermittent soft rain does wonders for plants. Here are some images of the plants in our garden taken yesterday....
