I haven't been to the ocean in a while. I tried several times when I started treating Lyme, but the sun and the reflections off the water set off my neuro symptoms so badly that I've avoided it for about a year now. An odd thing about having Lyme disease is that you don't miss things […]
A honey bee on a Privet plant (Ligustrum). Native to Europe, North Africa and Asia, privets can grow up to 3 m tall and are tolerant of different soil types. Its name is derived from the word “private” as privets were used as privacy hedging. European privets (Ligustrum vulgare) were used for hedging in Elizabethan gardens […]
This is what my husky does when I’m doing my macro photo thing. For those who don’t know huskies, this is rare, extraordinary--remarkable! She patiently waits for me to finish my thing and doesn’t run off to the next county, state, or country like most huskies would do. I have no idea how she learned […]
Hello Monday. Here is a Tangier Pea (Lathyrus tingitanus), a species of wild pea. An annual herb, native to Southern Europe and North Africa and introduced to the Pacific Northwest. I found this one and many more all over Santa Cruz Mountains. The Tangier Pea produces a winged stem that climbs by coiled tendrils. It […]
"No matter how much I grumble at you, you're my favorite Pop! Happy Poppy's Day!" Pee Ess: We miss woo!
Yesterday, he put his big boy britches on and let the vet poke him in the rib cage with a needle to check on a cyst. Of course it took his favorite position: burying his head between my thighs. “I don’t wanna see momma!”
I never knew our own Nitwit trail could be such a romantic setting. I came across this Mosquito Hawk on the trail and decided to take his photo. Because of the dark setting, I had no idea he was engaged in a romantic encounter with another mosquito hawk (to the right of the photo) until […]