You can create a happy home for critters of all sizes and species in your very own backyard by creating a National Wildlife Federation Certified Wildlife Habitat. My first step is to get myself a...
I'm sure there's a technical name for it, but I don't know it, so I called it a mini-flower. Spotted yesterday (Sunday, March 16th) at Stinson Beach, California.
If I had skinned that bee, I could have made a pair of bumblebee-fuzz mittens. Seriously. It was huge. Via the New York Times (months ago, but I just learned about this and it's freaking...
Some remarks on the season:-Here in northern California, there's a kind of dry, pale-green moss that grows on trees. The way it hangs off tree branches reminds me of spooky animated possessed trees, like the...
Peter Fleming is the brother of Ian Fleming (author of the Bond novels). While not a household name these days, Peter Fleming was quite famous and successful during his lifetime. One of his books, Brazilian...