Honeybees and more honeybees!
The sunshine and mild temperatures this weekend brought a lot of bees to our garden! They were all over the lavatera shrub, like the...
"Bees: tiny insect, big impact" exhibit!
The Oakland Museum of California currently is featuring a great exhibit about bees! Through family-friendly hands-on events and...
birds on the wire, waiting...
Rain was in the forecast for this weekend, and we were all happily anticipating it. There was a lot of cloud action going on, sometimes...
Pollinator haven
Although I've done a lot of the annual winter pruning of shrubs, there still is more to do in the garden before spring arrives. Yes, I...
Hummingbird guest
Another warm-ish February weekend and we had a lot of bird activity in the garden, as well as bees in the rosemary hedges, lemon tree and...
Lovely butterfly in the rosemary hedge
Yesterday, while I was taking photos of the blossoming rosemary hedges, yes they are huge hedges (!), suddenly this beautiful butterfly...
Bird count weekend
This weekend I participated for the first time ever in the annual Audubon Backyard Bird Count. It is easy enough to participate. You just...
Birds were very active between the rain showers
It was very fascinating to observe the birds during the rainy weather this weekend. They still were chirping and singing in the rain...
Bees in the breeze
Although I'm really missing the rain that we all so badly need here, it really is a joy to observe the bees out and about when the sun is...
Birds bathing in the birdbath in winter!
Chestnut back chickadee at the bird bath I know that the local birds are drinking from our bird bath throughout the year. And since I...
