Please help me i.d. this bird!

Can anyone identify this bird? It and another one were foraging on one of our trees in the shade garden. It had a rufous cap, a buff belly, and a greyish brown back. It didn’t have any speckles or barring that I could see. Its legs and bill were black. I tried...

Windows & Garden

Well, for now, at least; all the windows we’re going to be working on in the near future. Colony Wood Screens put up the last of the screens this past week in our bedroom and the cats’ room. The screen look & work great; we are very happy with them....

New yard pics!

Here’s a taste! Shade garden aka the secret garden. We really didn’t think anything would come of this spot and I have to say I’m so pleased with how it’s coming along! Yarrow and poppies. Desert verbena. Monkey flower. See the rest at...

Darth Rigel

Rigel is an English Cocker Spaniel. He is small, about 30#, and short. He is sweet and loving. He has, however, been seduced by the Dark Side yet once again. Notice the evil glowing green color of his eyes. *** Dave bought a baker’s dozen of bagels Sunday...

Current Plant List

Apple Tree Bed Festuca idahoensis “Stony Creek” Malacothamnus fasciculatus chaparral mallow Penstemon heterophyllus Margarita BOP Erigonum parvifolium Verbena gooddingii Mojave verbena Achillea millifolium (dark pink flowers) Plum/nectarine Bed Achillea...