Moss Roses in Bloom
Previous Next Meet again the Moss Rose! These Moses Roses were in full boom and photographed on September 04 2014. We grew these in a container, since the Moss Ross seams to do better for us in a container then they grow in the ground here in the High Desert. The Moss Rose also seeds […]
Yellow-Rumped Warbler Bird
Previous Next This Warbler stopped in to check out what was here to eat and to get a drink. He did notice that someone was watching him, and the click of the camera usually gets my subjects attention. They are not sure what that clicking is ! Up in the tree looking down on me […]
Cosmos Flower Blooms in October
Previous Next Meet the Cosmos Flower blooming in October here in our part of Oregon! Being one of the last flowers blooming says to us the Cosmos is a hardy flower. Colors as you can see did not seam to make the hardiness of the plants any less it appears. As of March 3 (today), […]
Marigold Flowers Blooming in Oregon
Previous Next Meet the Marigold Flower! These photographs were taken on September 3 2014. There are several species of Marigold Flowers in this post. This photograph above is of a large headed Marigold Flower that the plant itself grows along with the blooms a good three feet high or so. The circumference is somewhat impressive […]
Rosie Cheeks Woodpecker and Flicker Friend
Previous Next Meet Rosie Cheeks the woodpecker that I talk about on twitter! Rosie Cheeks is the name I gave this wild Flicker Woodpecker for this woodpecker has already given me hours of entertainment. Keeping in mind naming wildlife is not the wisest thing for some day Rosie Cheeks for some reason will stop coming […]
Skipper Butterfly on The Zinnia Flower
Previous Next Meet a Skipper Butterfly that visits our garden every year. Skipper Butterflies are called this for they flutter, or skip from place to place. Not always flowers but to feed the flowers are the place to find them! The Zinnia Flower patch of ours attracts many such creatures both big and small to […]
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 […]
Painted Lady Butterfly in The High Desert
Previous Next Meet the Painted Lady Butterfly! This particular species of the Painted Lady is one of the many butterflies that has been showing up here at our home on the High Desert at least since 2012. I believe this Painted Lady is the Vanessa Cardui species. The Painted Lady Butterflies to my understanding is […]
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 […]