Euaresta: a genus of flies that feed on flowers and seeds

Perhaps I should start doing  “Bug of the Day” posts 😁     Love has its own instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect finds the way to its flower, with a will which nothing can dismay nor turn aside. ~Honore de Balzac

Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” ~ Henry David Thoreau

Tuesday Photo Challenge – Animals …on the beach

I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to participate in this week’s Tuesday Photo Challenge. However, I might call mine Beach Animals 🙂 These photos were taken along Highway 1, on one of our road trips, soon after my husband’s retirement.  Our first included two weeks, visiting family and friends, and enjoying the beach along the…

Tread Carefully…

It is rattlesnake season.  The temperature is warming up and they are coming out of hibernation.  Although a rattlesnake is not something you want see in your yard, or near your home, in nature they are beautiful and magnificent.  They are a creature that does not seek conflict, but instead prefers to be left alone. …

Desert Mountain Lion

Today I enjoyed a day at our Desert Museum.  The weather was overcast and comfortable, a beautiful day.  I don’t think I’ve ever seen the mountain lion out and about.  Such a beautiful creature. “In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” ~ Aristotle