Ah, ceanothus, our native bee magnet!
The Ray Hartman ceanothus in our garden is in full bloom now, and is absolutely gorgeous with bluish purple blossoms. A native...
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...
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...
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...
Rain and more rain. Yes!!!
Valencia orange after the rain. After a month without any rain, this weekend's series of showers and monsoon downpours are very welcome....
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...