Bishop's Children dahlia, one of the last of the season
Oh look at this beautiful dahlia, one of the last blossoms of the season on the Bishop's Chldren plant. After several heat waves last...
Blue thimble plant is still blooming
Although much of it is drying up, as are most of our native annuals in the garden, one of the blue thimble plants gilia capitata, is...
The Flame skimmer is back
The female Flame skimmer Libellula saturata is back! Here she is perched on a dried up stalk of an orange sulphur Klondike cosmos plant...
mama monarch butterfly?
There is a beautiful monarch butterfly that often visits the patio and front yard. Here she is feeding on nectar in a California Delta...
"Bee Swell" website
Bee Swell http://beeswell.org/ is a wonderful website that promotes awareness of problems our pollinators are facing today. They provide...
The American Lady butterfly
An American Lady butterfly Vanessa virginiensis spent a lot of time on the patio visiting flowers for nectar. I haven't seen it on cosmos...
More monarch caterpillars, oh my!
Look what I found on one of our Narrow Leaf Milkweed plants this morning. I couldn't believe my eyes when I discovered this monarch...
How to attract hundreds of pollinators to your garden
After developing a mostly native plant garden in our current home, I now know which are the prime plants that will attract local...
Nasturtiums in September
It is late summer transitioning to fall, which means fewer blossoms on plants. It makes one appreciate even more the beauty of every...
The Wool Carder Bee
Last Sunday we had beautiful weather. As you know from my posts, that day we released a female monarch butterfly a few days after she...
