Maybelline's Garden

The wisteria is loaded on the pergola.  Every afternoon, the bumble bees are bouncing around loaded with pollen.  The spent petals float to ...

Helen B knows her bees!  This IS a Valley Carpenter Bee. Xylocopa Varipuncta (male) They are the largest bees found in California and ar...

Over the past few days, the weather has been marvelously abnormal.  Wind, rain, hail, snow.  Delightful.  It's still sweet pea season ar...