writer, warrior, whack-a-doodle

Wild Distractions

How was your morning? Mine? I spent 87 minutes watching ants work.  What can I say? Nature captivates me so much so that it inspired me to invest in a macro lens and focus on small bits of nature. Photographing bees, butterflies and insects as if I were a street photographer, I captured little moments of joy, effort and wonder.  I turned that small world into my first book which helped me realized one of life's great lessons: nothing is too small to have an enormous impact on the world.

Mexican Feather Grass

Mexican Feather Grass - 246/365  

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Berry Buds

Myrtle pre-berry buds - 245/365

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A Bee's Autumn Harvest

Born and raised in Connecticut, one of the things I miss most about East Coast autumns are pussy willows. But Mexican Sage, Salvia leucantha,  makes up for it. -  240/365

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The Dulldrums

A dull thing with style is art -- Charles Bukowski -- 237/365

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Spanish Clover

Spanish clover, Acmispon americanus -  235/365 Spanish clover, Acmispon americanus, is an upright, hairy annual up to 25 mm high with a singular pale pink flower that is only 6 mm in size! Its other common name is American bird's-foot trefoil. The plant is a species of legume native to most  of California, Western US, Western Canada […]

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Not a Bumble Bee

(Not a Bumblebee) - 234/365 In Northern California, the Carpenter bees work into late fall.  

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Blazing Autumn

Autumn 232/365 It's been blazing hot here in Santa Cruz Mountains. WTF? It's October. Indian summer is supposed to be in September!

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Feather-Legged Fly

A bumblebee and pal gather nectar together -230/365 As the Internet pointed out to me this week, Robber flies can be deceptively similar to yellow-faced bumblebees. But for sure, this little yellow cutie-pie in the front here is definitely a bumblebee due to the long bent antenae. Also good to know: bumblebees have four wings and Robber […]

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Torch Lily

Torch Lily or Red Hot Poker of the genus Kniphofia  228/365 Torch Lily, is yet another example of a plant that is not really a lily of the genus, lilium, but is of the genus Kniphofia. It's an exotic plant native to South Africa that produce various shades of red, orange, and yellow. They grow from […]

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Bombus

Robber Fly, similar to the Bombus vosnesenskii, yellow-faced bumblebee  - 227/365 Somebody recently asked me if I had started naming my bees. As if. They aren't actually my bees. I just find them. It's not my place to name them. But sometimes they tell me their names. This is Mildred. I found her on NitWit […]

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