Late Afternoon Light in the Early Spring

The late afternoon light is just magical.

After the rain showers everything starts to look lush and green.

As you can see, I left dried stalks on plants after I learned that many insects, including ladybugs nest in dried branches that are hollow. Also, birds eat seeds in the dried flowers. One afternoon I even saw an Anna's hummingbird eat insects from dried lambs ears spires.

Soon we'll have Spring Bloom in the garden!