Stachys ajugoides rigida, Bugle Hedgenettle  - 288/365

Deck the trails with foxtail folly. Fa-la-la-la-la! La-la-la-la!  - 286/365

Because, Bees! 279/365

Black Friday -278/365

Leaving - 276/365

Steve  - 274/365 This is Steve. I found him when I was raking leaves on NitWit trail. I accidentally destroyed his home. But Steve is a forgiving kind of fellow and allowed me to take his portrait despite the atrocity he's endured. 

268/365 Woah! That's a heavy load this little lady is carrying in her basket! Bees can carry over 1 million grains of pollen weighing up to .01 grams in each pollen basket (half her body weight in total) located on the tibia of their rear legs.

Harvest 267/365 Pears are a popular crop in the Santa Cruz mountains. One of my favorite ways to eat them is poached in red wine and sugar. Here's the recipe.

Creeping bellflower, genus name, Campanula rapunculoides. Flowers are only 2-4 cm long. -  266/65

Autumn Sage - 265/465 Salvia greggii, Autumn Sage, is native to southwest Texas into San Luis Potosi, Mexico. It's a hearty herb that grows in rocky elevations from 5,000 to 9,000 feet. It blooms throughout summer and autumn. Flower size and color are variable, from .25" to 1" and include shades of scarlet and red, […]