Fritz is Intrepid

This is Not Usually a Creek

Moth on Napkin

Found Sunday morning on the counter.

October Blooms III

A geranium plant that mysteriously came back to life after being dead for a while


Broomweed? So hard to tell all those teeny yellow flowers apart...


Palafoxia


Tired, late-season Esperanza


Rosemary

Spotted Acorn

More October Blooms

Rock Rose, white


Mealy Sage


Rock Rose, pink


Black-Foot Daisy


Cedar Sage (I think)

If You Love Birds, Don't Eat Them...

....wear them. A good idea, but the execution needs a little work; the birds should be a little smaller, even for Hamilton the Giant. Also, they sort of look like ducks, which wasn't really my intention.

More Sumac Imprints

Bee on Rosemary

Bird Love

Woodina, my beloved female golden-fronted woodpecker. She and Woodie have been coming to the birdfeeders a lot lately.

Acorn Obsession

Tiny Winged Insect on Yellow Bells (Esperanza)

About half the size of my littlest fingernail

Oh Dear

Three tiny wren feathers found in the outdoor shower this morning. Happily, no signs of carnage.

The Center of the Pink Rose

Time for Breakfast

What's in Bloom in this Strange October

Sombreuil


Sage


Damianita


Pink rose, variety of which I have momentarily forgotten

Driving Home Thursday Evening: Strange Cloud with Right Angles

Dung Beetle

This dung beetle was in a big hurry to get away from me. I didn't notice in person the little spots on its back. Mud?

Acorns

It is said that a heavy fall (crop?) of acorns means a hard winter. This turned out to be untrue the last time we had a very heavy acorn fall (2 or 3 years ago?) but I have high hopes nonetheless.

Storm Clouds over Shovel Mountain

The billowy field of blue sky spotted with pink clouds that I could see from down by the mailbox was gone by the time I got up the hill, inside, and out again with the camera; but this is just as good, if not better. Even if my lens was slightly fogged over.