Buggin’ Ya

Found this mystery insect patiently perched on one of our backyard hibiscus blooms in the full light of yesterday’s morning sun (click it for the bigger picture):

Action Amphib

Our treefrog Hop struck this most reflective and awesome pose this afternoon — and then even better: held it while I grabbed my camera and fumbled about trying to get a not blurry shot (click it for the bigger picture):

Streetfiti Case No. 2345-1a

Almost eight years I’ve walked, biked, jogged past this, and only last week did it finally catch my eye on a slab of concrete bridging the parkway between the sidewalk and the curb down near the south end of our block (click it for the bigger picture): At first I thought it read “Campbell’s,” but …

Putting The Act In Cactus

Two summers ago a rare thing happened that one of the backyard cereus cactus’ night-blooming flowers got pollinated. Rare, because though the flowers attract a variety of bee species, it’s usually only moths like the sphinx moth (or some nectar-feeding bats) that do the actual pollinating. So, about 18 months ago when one of the …