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Stairway to Heaven: The Ants Go Marching One by One
Ants love sugar. They’re also incredibly resourceful. The mystery, however, is how they knew that a single Cosmo grew to just the right height this week, allowing them direct access to the heavenly...
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Wasp Nest Revisted
The garden headline in our local paper today read “Mystery of missing wasp nests.” How intriguing. Mary Ann K of Walnut creek wrote to the columnist, and had this to say: “Wasps have been building a...
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Hostess Gift: A Praying Mantis
We hosted our 8th annual Halloween party this afternoon. Mother Nature graced us with a clear, warm, spectacular day. My sister and I enjoyed donning our costumes and posing for photos on the garden...
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Magnolia Scale: It’s Not For Wimps
My house is super clean which can only mean one thing. I’m procrastinating. The decorations are down and the house is back in order. The sun is shining. I’m all out of excuses. It’s time to tackle the...
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Beauty Down Under
Have you ever noticed the beauty of a flower, down under? I’ve grown to love the view through my camera lens. The narrowed focus and clarity allow me to see things I might miss. Who knew that vibrant...
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D.J. and the Speckles
I love my community! Yesterday I wrote about a bird’s nest and her speckled eggs, sheltering on a client’s patio. I didn’t have a photo of Mama Bird, but knew she was ‘brown.’ Not much to go on, was...
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Itsy Bitsy Spider
The birds aren’t the only ones laying eggs this time of year. I happened upon a newly hatched ‘family’ of spiders today. I put family in quotes, because honestly there were hundreds of them. They look...
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Coleus Splendiferous
Our splashy coleus greets our guests as they cross the deck to our front door. Aren’t the colors amazing? This fast-growing plant seems to double in size, minutes after the summer heat descends. Small...
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Anenome Redux
It’s that time of year again. The Anemones gather steam throughout the early summer, then as August dawns, so too do the stunning white flowers. Last year I wrote Party in the Anemones which received...
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Aren’t You Glad I Said Arachnid?
The itsy, bitsy spider went… Who am I kidding! This baby is huge! Spider, arachnid, eight-legged wonder. You can call it what you like, but these super-sized spiders make my hair stand on end. I was...
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