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Lovely Autumn Visitors

There are still a lot of insect activity in the back field, especially little butterflies. This Vivid Dancer male was a wonderful...

This is the first year that we have been successful with our Pacific or California asters Symphyotrichum chilense, planted as seedlings....

From morning to evening, our pollinators are so fascinating to observe. Here is a Yellow-Faced Bumble Bee sipping nectar from a Pozo Blue...

We are starting to see Painted Lady Vanessa cardui caterpillars in our garden. This is the first time we planted mallow shrubs, including...

Here in the Bay Area we have, so far, been spared extreme weather conditions this summer. Now that the temperatures are slowly rising,...

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