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Previously in my Instagram Photos… Related posts: Interesting Plant: Colocasia Esculenta Photo: Figgy pudding, perhaps? Garden Alphabet: Star Jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides) 42 of My Favorite Garden Things for March 2014 Continue Reading
Google’s G+ service looks for photos taken in quick succession and then attempts to stitch them together in to an animated GIF. Here is an animation they put together from Continue Reading
I saw this butterfly darting about on the purple lantana in the front yard as I went out for a walk the other day. Related posts: Video: In the garden…Beauty Continue Reading
Some slow motion video of a very accommodating honey bee on some rosemary. Check out my collection of gardening essays, “From A Gardener’s Notebook” now available as a Kindle eBook. Continue Reading
Gulf fritillary butterfly (Agraulis vanillae) at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve Check out my collection of gardening essays, “From A Gardener’s Notebook” now available as a Kindle eBook. (You don’t need Continue Reading
An “In the garden…” short. Beauty in the garden in the form of a butterfly and a lovely hibiscus bloom. Check out my collection of gardening essays, “From A Gardener’s Continue Reading
A honey bee during a neighborhood seed gathering walk. Related posts: Garden Alphabet: Acanthus Interesting Plant: Nigella damascena (love-in-a-mist, ragged lady) Art: Yellow Flowers Watercolor Passiflora seen on my walk Continue Reading
Honeybee It took some time to make peace with honey bees. I grew up with yards that were more clover than grass, so summer days often involved accidentally stepping on Continue Reading
My friend, Keri, over at Animalbytes.net, has some great footage of Valley Carpenter Bess on her blog and video channel, The Earth Minute. I get the same types of bees Continue Reading
Garden Alphabet: Butterfly (Lepidoptera) The garden is made up of more than just plants. The best gardens are filled with insects and wildlife as well as plants and flowers and learning Continue Reading