…and a few more that wouldn’t sit still for the camera.

One of my favorite things to do is to observe all of the representatives of Kingdom Animalia – the insects and reptiles and birds and amphibians and small (and sometimes large) mammals that feed and forage and bathe and court and explore and wreck and simply visit the garden throughout the day.

Growing up in Los Angeles, there seemed to be only one kind of bee:  the European honey bee.  Here in the foothills, there seem to be dozens or perhaps hundreds of bees and other flying things, and the rosemary, lavender and other flowers are covered in them day after day when in bloom.

These flowers – not sure what they are, as I’m pretty bad at plant ID if the plant isn’t edible – are currently covered with many species, four of which sat still long enough to be photographed.