Yellow faced bumble bee and the Ray Hartman ceanothus blossoms
Oh how happy it makes me to see the yellow faced bumble bees back in the garden! Yesterday, when the temperatures were in the upper 60's...
The bees are visiting
Although it was cool and gusty for part of the day, it was sunny. And some bees seemed okay with that. Here is a honey bee on one of the...
Golden Crowned Sparrows visiting
It brings such pleasure to observe so much bird activity in our backyard and patio. When we moved to our current residence, the garden...
Verbena De La Mina thriving
Ooh, the Verbena De La Mina is starting to produce its first blossoms of the year. It's so wonderful to see because last year the...
California poppies are sprouting everywhere
Our first sunny day in a week, and look what I'm seeing in almost every empty area of the front yard, California poppies sprouting...
Blooms on the Hummingbird Sage
After heavy rains, the California hummingbird sage Salvia spathacea is producing its first blooms of the year. This plant is native to...
Lovely rain
Some plants seem transformed by our winter rain. The leaves of this Baja fairy duster Calliandra californica are beaded with raindrops....
Hooray for the rain
What a relief! The atmospheric rivers are here, bringing in all that moisture from the Pacific. Here in Northern California we've been...
Poppies blooming again
Some of the California poppies are blooming again. I cut the poppy plants back several times this year when the stems and foliage dried...
The first golden yarrow of the season
Among dormant plants in the garden the bright yellow of the first blossoms on the golden yarrow Eriophyllum confertiflorum are such a...
