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...
Meanwhile, a towhee gathers twigs for its nest in the backyard
Towhee scoping out the surroundings for nest materials This week we noticed a pair of California towhees hunting for twigs in our...
Our bedding supplies are accepted!
I took the photo above yesterday morning. As you can see, at least a third of the cat fur is gone! I didn't actually see any birds come...
Come and get it!
We decided to go with the bird suet receptacle for storing and presenting bird nesting material. It costs less than 5 dollars and you can...
Springtime is nesting time!
bird in the neighbors' apple tree For the past week or so, there is a lot of singing, chirping, warbling and yes, twittering, going on in...
Lemon harvest courtesy of the bees
The first real harvest in months from our Lisbon lemon tree! They are oh so delicious, juicy and sweet. And all courtesy of our...