Our Neighbor’s tree showing off its wares.
Category: Flowers
Pearl Crescent
Pearl Crescent Butterfly enjoying a brown-eyed Susan.
Misty Pink
Woke up to a misty morning, and dripping wet plants after the evening thundershowers.
Day of the Dahlia
Look Me Up, Look Me Down
I was looking straight up at this hummer and he was looking back down at me.
Midsummer Light Scenes
Sandias in evening and morning light.
Bella Roma Rough Around The Edges
Bella Roma put out a nice bloom that was a little rough around the edges. A Pearl Crescent butterfly was hanging out on a dandelion. A silky cosmos posed in a sea of green, while a peach scarab and bee shared a bloom of a purple butterfly bush. Lastly, a vine dangles in front of a dahlia.
Dinosaur In Our Midst
Up close and personal, this cucumber beetle larvae looks like a hyper-spiny ankylosaurus or other prehistoric creature. I don’t know what type of wasp is on the brown eyed Susan, but it’s quite colorful. The last photo is purple cosmos backlit in the early morning light.
The Birds & The Bees
Baby Blue Grosbeak took his first flight out of the black bamboo and fluttered over to a sunflower. Daddy Blue Grosbeak hopped around near where baby had flown concerned about the paparazzo sneaking up on Baby Blue. Mama Blue Grosbeak fluttered around in the bamboo, but would not come out into the open. I got up close to Baby Blue, got some photos before he flew off into our giant Dr. Huey rose bush that made his papa and mama very happy.
The temperatures on Saturday and Sunday were much cooler, only getting up to 80º F, so the birds and the bees were actively foraging on our abundance of plants that are either in bloom or going to seed.
Lavender Mist
Pollock’s title seemed fitting for this curly cosmos.
Off Center & Not Even 