Mylitta Crescent balancing
Our field is teeming with pollinator activity. Watching the little butterflies is always fun. Here, a Mylitta Crescent landed on the top...
Happy Pollinator Week!
Yes, EVERY WEEK should be Pollinator week to honor those hard working creatures that are so crucial to the our well-being, as well for...
The California natives are flourishing
It's that time of the year when all of the natives awaken from their dormant slumber. Surprises happen too. For example, when I planted...
Busy Ivory-banded Digger Bees
It's so hard to photograph digger bees because they dart around so quickly, hardly landing anywhere for more than a nano-second. It was a...
Dragonflies in the garden
We have had several kinds of dragonflies visiting our garden daily, for several months now. It's downright puzzling to see so many of...
Some stem-nesting bees don't emerge until the summer
If you can LEAVE the leaves and stems permanently. Your plants will produce new growth and blooms around the old stems. Click on the...
Winter Rain refreshes the Natives
These photos were taken in our garden prior to the atmospheric rivers that have been pummeling California several times this past week....
Olive Tree in the winter
I'm always so happy to see our European fruiting olive tree producing fruit. This occurs every other year, but you just can't assume that...
Winter visitors
It's so wonderful to see more visitors from the tundra, and other migrating birds in our garden, foraging for insects, seeds and berries....
