The flower stalls in Seattle’s Pike Place Market are absolutely amazing and the prices were rock-bottom compared to what I would expect to pay in Texas....
A Western Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera), heavily laden with pollen, on an Indian Blanket flower at Sally Bee’s Honey Company, Dripping Springs, Texas...
There’s certainly plenty of colour over in the flower field at Nutty Brown Farm this season. Here’s one of Kim’s blooms and a visiting...
A Four-Spotted Palpita Moth (Palpita quadristigmalis) seen on an Indian Blanket near Dripping Springs, Texas on April 28th, 2020. Edit: Thanks to Chuck...
I’ve posted plenty of macro shots taken at Nutty Brown Farm recently but here’s a wide angle (actually, super-wide angle fisheye) picture of the flower...
An overhead shot of the flower field at Nutty Brown Farm. You can buy Kim’s blooms from the cabin on Nutty Brown Road each Saturday morning during...
This vintage tractor, seen at Nutty Brown Farm near Austin, was originally bought and used by the current farm owner’s grandfather.
This will be the last of the macro pictures for a few days though I suspect I’ll be back at the flower field some time in the next week to take more....
Some of the nigella flowers at Nutty Brown Farm, Austin on Saturday, May 2nd, 2020.
A western honey bee (Apis Mellifera) gathers pollen and nectar from an Indian Blanket or Firewheel flower near Dripping Springs, Texas on April 28th, 2020....
A honey bee (Apis Mellifera) seen on a cornflower at Nutty Brown Farm near Dripping Springs, Texas.
I stumbled upon another Bee Assassin bug (Apiomerus spissipes) during Saturday’s visit to Nutty Brown Farm. This one was sitting right on top of a very...
A Common Thread Waisted Wasp (Ammophila procera) seen on a cornflower at Nutty Brown Farm near Dripping Springs, Texas on May 2nd, 2020. A few people have...
A flower patch can be a dangerous place for a busy bee. This one’s day didn’t end well after meeting a Bee Assassin bug (Apiomerus spissipes)...
A Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) seen on an Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) in Dripping Springs, Texas.
I’ll interrupt the planned rodeo theme this week because, believe it or not, I actually took some photos yesterday! I spent the hour before sunset...
It was pointed out to me on Monday that, despite enthusing about all the amazing wildflowers at Enchanted Rock right now, I failed to actually show any of them....
One of the signs of the arrival of spring in Texas for me, is the first sighting of a Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) butterfly. I’m sure a sighting...
Let’s step away from motorsport for a couple of days (but prepare for more next week because MotoGP is in town this weekend). Drew and I took a trip...
How about a change of pace? Here’s a purple coneflower taken at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center a couple of weeks ago. The landscapes there...
