Honey bee and white pollen
Honey bee in Prom Dress cosmos The honey bee here landed on the cosmos flower and fed on the nectar for a long time. What is particularly...
Happy Summer Solstice!
Honey bee flying in the lavatera shrub
Surprises in the backyard
Sometimes you just never know what's going to sprout in the garden. This terra cotta pot is full of dormant freesia and ranunculus bulbs,...
Mid-flight to food
Yesterday I took this image of a cabbage moth flying to a patch of lobelia. These are some of the same lobelia plants I dug out of the...
Ray Hartman Ceanothus blooming again
The Ray Hartman ceanothus, also called California lilac, is native to California. It tolerates very dry conditions, and needs to grow in...
Socializing in the backyard
Mourning doves cooling off on a birdbath A few days ago I observed these two mourning doves through the kitchen window. Their home base...
Bees on a breezy day
Honey bee on a Mexican Salvia salvia leucantha The honey bee above is feeding on the nectar of a Mexican salvia spike. The blooms are so...
Buckeye butterfly visits the butterfly bush
Buckeye butterfly on the butterfly bush The butterfly bush seedling that I bought from Annie's Annuals is doing well in its container pot...
Bees and Blooms
All the seedlings that I bought from Annie's Annuals are blooming! The honey bee in the photo above is feeding on nectar and collecting...
Thyme for bees
You still will attract and feed bees when you grow plants in flower pots. In the image above a honey bee is feeding on the nectar of...
