This image was created with water lily pads. We have a very small pond and after so many years the lily pads were taking over. As we do every year, we took out some water lilies to make room for Lotuses and other plants. When we took these in the summer and turned them over…
Hoverflies – They may look like small bees or wasps but they are actually flies (although they are sometimes called sweat bees). They are little things being about ¼ on an inch long. They are very beneficial for your garden as the larvae feed on aphid, thrips and scale insects. As an adult, the hover…
This is another of those flowers that you may have seen without seeing the details. It is one of the very small flowers of the Spiderwort Day Lily plant. It is also known as a wandering jew plant. We put it outside one year and it is spreading like crazy. Didn’t know it would be…
Once you start looking closely at nature you become accustomed to seeing patterns everywhere. Really. Like when cooking with portabella mushrooms. If you look at the underside of them you find the most intricate and delicate patterns. Take a picture of that and reflect it in all directions and some surprising patterns emerge. This has…
