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Last Thursday, I discovered something interesting in the Spider Ranch part of the garden. Until last week, there had been a Yellow Jacket hornet nest in the earth between two tall stands of vegetation where the Argiope spiders build their orb webs. The hornet nest is usually very active and I was always a little […]
Last Tuesday, while walking through the fields checking leaves for insects, I found the above Stink bug nymph resting on a willow leaf (click on images for larger view). As Stink bugs go, it was quite large — perhaps about 2/3 the size of my thumbnail. It belongs to the genus Brochymena, which is sometimes […]
As proven by yesterday’s events, sometimes things don’t work out quite as planned. (click on images for larger views) What do you think she’s up to? Uh-oh. That doesn’t look like such a hot idea. ~ or ~ Aren’t we feeling a little too ambitious today? Mountains always look much larger up close. It would […]
Welcome to the third edition of the Festival of the Trees blog carnival. I received a wonderful collection of submissions ranging from poetry to photo essays. It seems that there should something here for every reader. As is so often the case, many of the photographs are stunning. I hope that all of you will […]
Just this morning, while musing over what I should write for this month’s edition of Festival of the Trees, it occurred to me that favourite trees are something that good friends like to share. On my first trip to California, a friend in Berkeley took me to Muir Woods to meet the Redwoods. We also […]