A Week of Flowers 2025 – A Posse of Pollinators

It’s day seven – the final day – of Cathy’s annual A Week of Flowers on-line celebration of blossoms that made us happy this past growing season. I’m going to end the week with the bees and butterflies that brought me joy in my garden. These shots were all downloaded from my phone (almost all […]

6 on Saturday – 13SEP2025 – Wings

The garden has been SO BUSY for the past two weeks. All the local honey bees, wasps, hornets, other bees and butterflies seem to have found the goldenrod and sedum that have been in full bloom. Asters have just started so there will be pollen and nectar for a few more weeks. (Still not enough […]

A Yellow Time of Year

My yard will be awash in yellow for the next few weeks, surpassing May, with its scores of daffodils, and even June, before its thousands of dandelions turn to fluff. It’s the season for goldenrod, now starting to bloom around the yard edges and in every unmowed ditch or corner, and more ostentatious yet, a […]