Ghostwater Garden

Stocktank Ponds

How do you know that you have a good habitat going? 

Damselflies come to seed the water with their eggs.  I'm not going to try and photograph these guys, this is a really good shot of them - here.

I've got five individuals, two pairs and one very lonely (and/or optimistic) male.  

I love nature.

Desert Unicorn

The houses on either side of us are vacant right now. On the one side is the place that is hosting the Quail family. On the other is a stunning example of this plant: Proboscidea althaeifolia.The flowers next door have a washed-out, creamy linen kind of look to them. The plant in the link is VERY yellow in comparison.

Two things that the linked site doesn't mention:

1) This is a heliotropic plant. When I go to work in the morning, it's leaning east. When I come home, it's facing my car park.

2) This is a FUNKY plant. As in, I can't even describe the odd odor that comes off it's leaves in the sun. Old sweatsocks? No. Unwashed dog? Nope. But it's decidedly funky. Not one to plant under a window!

I have a bunch of photos on my camera, but I haven't loaded Photoshop on this machine. Uh. Too much to do on weekends, not enough energy the rest of the week.

Babies in the Desert

Seven itty bitty little speckled fluffballs in my front yard. The Gambel's Quail pair that I've heard calling and seen occasionally have made this neighborhood their home.

No pics. I'd need a blind and a long lens to catch these skittish birds. But I'm so thrilled to see them.

This is about how old they are... I think they are just out of the shell. So cute.