Kathleen's world...you just live in it.

wildflower: clover 

The park the wildflowers are in. Middletown, CA. 

wildflower: Mule Ear with insect 

wildflower: what a beauty. Lily? 

This is the serious bit. It's hard to figure out who's who. 

wildflower: blue dick? 

wildflower: red stems with sticky spikes instead of flowers 

wildflower: blue with white interior, purple center. wet part of the meadow. 

insect 

wildflower: 5 petals, white with veins. Small insect, too. 

wildflower: 8 petals yellow with white edges 

clever bike 

Hyssop. Almost to the top of the railing now. 

insect orgy. Turns out that these are termites , leaving a party at my house. Where's my goddamn bouncer! I need to 86 these guys. Update: My new bouncer, Jim (Aardvark Termite Contol 800.498.2818), who made a preliminary inspection (he went under the house!)says the damage is minimal, and no structural damage. He also told me a couple interesting things: ☺ He has never seen so many termites swarms like this year ☺ Ants eat termites Go ants!

little spider on a bar of chrome 

iridescent flying insect checking out the calendula 

weevil-type insect that drills into the HollyHock seed pods. Now when I come to inspect the plants, they do a kamakozi free-fall. | 

Backyard, post Des-Mow attack. My beloved lupine patch. 

Duck couple, making the rounds. I hope they like earwigs, because we have WAY too many. 

panoramic of sunrise