Sleeping on the Navajo fleabane
Well look who we discovered sleeping on a Navajo fleabane flower - a Yellow-Faced Bumble Bee Bombus vosnesenskii This was taken in the...
bath time for the California towhee
In this warm weather the birds are starting to visit the birdbath very often. Usually they come by to drink the water. I've seen house...
California Bumble Bee!
This past weekend I spotted for the first time here a California Bumble Bee Bombus californicus . It was late afternoon and I noticed...
wool carder bee on the lavender bush
I spotted the first wool carder bee of the year on the patio! It flew to every lavender whorl on a blossoming lavender plant. Diligently...
Bees on the patio
There is a lot of bee activity on the patio, but these creatures are so quick, that it's been a challenge trying to photograph them! Here...
Umber skipper on a butterfly bush leaf
Now that we have experienced some unseasonably hot days, the umber skippers are always flying around the plants on the patio, enjoying...
chatting with an Anna's hummingbird
I was sitting on the patio, taking a break from working in the garden, when I observed this Anna's hummingbird. It was happily feeding on...
California towhee and the lemon verbena plant
Now that it's Spring and the plants are getting all their foliage back, more birds are exploring plants on the patio. Here is a...
Anna's hummingbird hanging out
The hummingbirds are discovering that our patio has a lot of food sources popping up for them. This hummingbird is taking a rest after...
The living wall
We finally visited the renovated SFMOMA museum. It's been beautifully remodeled, and one of the new features is a living wall, 30 feet in...
