Transition and rebirth
dried up scarlet runner bean and pods Instead of fastidiously cleaning up plants and vegetable vines dried up and past their prime, in...
A flurry of activity in the backyard
peek-a-boo with a brown-eyed bushtit in the dwarf valencia orange tree A few days ago, between the periods of rain showers, I observed...
Fresh blooms of the season
first paperwhites of the season What a relief to experience a somewhat normal winter here after the unusual warm weather last fall! With...
Here's to a brighter, better new year!
Happy New Year from a honeybee in the rosemary hedge today
Happy Holidays!
Anna's Hummingbird in the rain
Fruit in season
It's that time of year for lots of citrus, apples and persimmons! I was never a big fan of persimmons, but now I like to eat them thinly...
Backyard visits
At least one goldfinch has been visiting the backyard and other parts of the garden for the past month. I finally got an image of it as...
Wet fuzzy plants
Here are more images of plants in the garden after the rain. These are some of the plants with soft hairlike fibers, above Mexican Salvia...
The ever vigilant hummingbird
The Anna's hummingbirds that visit the garden are very territorial about the nectar we cook for them, especially when the nectar is...
Honey bee in the rosemary hedge
Most bees seem to be hibernating, but as long as there is food for them, some bees are still out and about. Because the rosemary hedges...
