Anna's hummingbird and the Indigo Spires salvia
The transplanted salvia plants are doing well in the front yard, and now starting to bloom. What a treat to be standing in the yard and...
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...
native blooms in the front yard
Now our efforts to transform the front yard are starting to be rewarded. The coreopsis grandiflora "Sunburst" is blooming, and what a...
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...
now blooming
Here is our first Navajo fleabane Erigeron divergens var. divergens blossom. This is no ordinary daisy, but a rare, very tough native of...
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...
Lavender Feathers poppy leaves
Good grief! Have you ever seen such huge leaves on a poppy plant? Abut a month ago I bought two Lavender Feathers seedlings from Annies...
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...
