Honeybees on The Red Poppy Flowers

Previous Next Meet the Honeybees that were on these Poppy Flowers of August 1, 2014! We do seam to be a stopping point for many pollinators during the peak blooming time of the year. This is now March still and we are getting the flower beds ready for 2015 flowering season by pulling weeds, seeding,waiting […]

Gloriosa Daisy Blooming in September

Previous Next Meet again the Gloriosa Daisy! These flowers were still blooming in late September 2014! Unlike the Black Eyed Susan these Gloriosa Daisies have a ring of color, if not color throughout the yellow. Nice looking flowers if you ask me! Gosh does any two Gloriosa Daisies look alike? That is the question? The […]

Blooming Painted Daisy

Previous Next Meet the Painted Daisy Bloom! The Painted Daisy comes in many colors!! These were grown in the ground in 2014 and in 2015 I think I will try some in containers and see how they do here in the High Desert? All the Painted Daisies for us bloomed on the north side of […]

Gladiolus Flowers Blooming in the High Desert

Previous Next Meet the Gladiolus Flowers, or as I will refer to them as the, “Glad flower”! I added a few colors here for you to see they come in many colors! They are a bulb flower, meaning a hardy bulb is how they grow. I personally never had the seeds nor even seen seeds […]

Sweet William Flowers

Previous Next Meet the Sweet William Flowers part of the Dianthus family of flowers! Pretty easy to grow and once you have a spot they like, they keep coming back due to seeding so well here in our garden. We grow most everything directly into the soil, the few plants we grow in pots I […]

The Robin Fledgling That Left The Nest

Previous Next Meet this baby Robin Bird! I have several posts about different Robin bird fledglings that are waiting for their meal from the adults in our fruit tree. Day to day I think of what I could make a post of? Looking through my archive of 2014 these photographs caught my attention. Perhaps a […]

Coyote Approaching in the High Desert

Previous Next Meet the common Coyote ! One thing our area is known for is the Coyote. A wild dog that is not a big dog, though not a small dog either. When heading off from the house I typically tell the son where I am going, or as my parents taught me to do […]

Pair of Varied Thrush Birds

Previous Next Meet the Varied Thrush birds of the Pacific Northwest. The Varied Thrush have been showing up along with other wintering birds for a couple years now! The Varied Thrush are supposed to be rather shy birds, I guess as shy as any other bird who shows up here at the house? The Varied […]

Tadpoles or Pollywogs FROGS

Previous Next Meet the Tadpoles of our pond! We have had the frogs / toads here at the house for some time. Mostly the common species Pacific Tree Frogs. Though when we put in prefabricated ponds to help with the water issue in our area, we found out we have toads here as well! I […]

Cosmos Flower Blooms in the High Desert

Previous Next Meet the Cosmos Flower. Many colors to choose from! Here in the high desert, with good soil and lots of water the Cosmos do great!! Actually, I think they would do ok if I did not water so much? We did throw down seed in places that other plants had a hard time […]

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