Honey Bee and Borage Blossoms
What a great weekend to observe bees, birds and butterflies! The weather was lovely with warmer temperatures and sunshine. We love the...
Black tailed Bumble Bee on the Ceanothus
I originally identified this bumble bee as a hover fly because there is a hover fly that resembles it. After researching further, I've...
Lovely Alum Root blossoms
The Alum Root Heuchera maxima“Alum Root” plant is thriving and producing more spikes with lovely cream and pink blossoms. I planted it in...
More plants!
It's that time of year to plant...more plants! I needed to replace a blue sapphire salvia in the front yard because it just wasn't doing...
Cuphea 'Minnie Mouse' flourishing
This wonderful Cuphea plant produces cute little red blossoms with brownish "Mouse Ears". We have two of these shrubs growing in one of...
Anna's Hummingbird perched high atop a tree
It's quite brisk outdoors these days, very typical for February in Northern California. And when it is sunny there's a lot of bird...
Bird’s-eyes Gilia first blooms
Ah, one of my favorite California natives, the Bird’s-eyes Gilia Gilia tricolor. They are so lovely with lavender edged petals and...
What's for lunch?
It's so wonderful to see in the garden several plants blooming almost throughout the year, providing nourishment and habitat for the...
Well hello there, honey bee
It was a dry and fairly sunny day today and some bees were out and about in the garden. For example this honey bee perched on top of a...
