At left: back in the day, when Governor Brown was more open-minded. California Governor Jerry Brown was once MY governor when I li...

Monarch butterfly on Goldenrod . So proud of this photo! (( preen )) I got as close as I could without disrupting her lunch. As always...

WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK of my cool new blog banner? Fabulous Robert of BLUE HERON BLAST did this for me, and I have sent copious cyberkisses...

The elusive furry yellow resident in my uncle's green bean fields. Photo is from The Homestead Fritz. I love the way the Sou...

We watched Terrence Malick 's amazing film BADLANDS again last week, and it is such a work of art, I need to share the trailer and ins...

...but no, it was only a giant moth! I knew if I didn't take a picture of him, nobody would believe me. He is a giant silk moth; Anther...

At left: Authentic Texas goat attempts to eat my camera. Father Conner grew up in New Orleans, and used to tell us that as a child, he ea...

Locally, the big story this week is the death of a baby from "bug bombs"--the popular over-the-counter, automatic-spraying insecti...

Photo from Microscopy-UK (((shrieks!))) If you read my earlier post about Grand Old Man, Feline King of the Daisy Household , you know he we...