Distracting myself from the pervasive moment, here's some stuff from the weekend of August 15-17.
The weather continues to aggravate with mid-upper 90ยบ temps. It needs to go away.
Friday, 081514...
An A.M. walk, not that it helped much, quickly moving into the heat of the day. Docken and I stopped to look at a morning 1/2 moon and circling white doves.
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| Hoverfly on a salvia twig. |
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| Gulf fritillary or passion butterfly (Agraulis vanillae) |
A honey bee tussles in the stamen of a cactus flower.
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| Exploring the depths. |
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| Cruising about. |
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| Exit stage right. |
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| One more time? |
Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus), the conversation was with me. I hope I didn't say the wrong thing...
but perhaps I did...
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| Kalnachoe daigremontina. |
Saturday... I don't remember what happened to Saturday.
Sunday, 081714...
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| Cooper's Hawk, Accipiter cooperii, in an olive tree. |
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| Asclepias fascicularis. |
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| Agraulis vanillae. |
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| Another Selasphorus rufus, seemingly entertained by my presence. |
Onto another distraction.
The unknown succulent looks like it may be what's called "mother of thousands" or "mexican hat," properly classified as Kalnachoe daigremontina (or sometimes Bryophyllum daigremontianum). I hope the 2 of you are doing well despite the heat.
ReplyDeleteThank you, yes, Kalnachoe daigremontina. I believe there's a marker too--now that you mentioned the name.
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