Ultra Green Sweat Bees in the Cosmos Cupcake White blossoms
I don't see Ultra Green Sweat Bees Agapostemon texanus often, but when I do spot them, they are quite a sight to behold. They are native...
The climbing aster plant is blooming
It's so wonderful to see plants blooming for the first time, especially later in the year. As you may remember from my posts earlier this...
New blooms in front yard
Since the shasta daisies apparently don't like a lot of heat, I pulled out their dried remains last Friday from the plant bed next to our...
Anna's hummingbird feasting on nectar in the front yard
An Anna's hummingbird had a nectar feast on these plants that are growing on one side of the front yard, all in a row. In the top photo...
Life with the monarch caterpillars
Happy monarch caterpillar munching on the base of a milkweed leaf Today three more monarch caterpillars developed in chrysalides. Now we...
Grasshopper on the apricot cosmos
The apricot cosmos plant is now in bloom. I thought it never would. All that fern-like foliage that I regularly watered, and no sign of...
Still blooming in the front yard
The California native plants are definitely the survivors in our front yard. After several heat waves, and for this time of year, most of...
Anna's hummingbird discovers the foxglove
The "Polkadot Pippa" foxglove Digitalis hybrid that I planted from a seedling this year in late spring is starting to bloom. It still is...
And even more monarch caterpillars!
So I was just checking the second narrow leaf milkweed plant on the patio, and look what I discovered. More monarch caterpillars! This is...
Bishop's Children dahlia, one of the last of the season
Oh look at this beautiful dahlia, one of the last blossoms of the season on the Bishop's Chldren plant. After several heat waves last...
