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An incredibly thoughtful early birthday gift from

An incredibly thoughtful early birthday gift from Lisa. A bee revival kit! 🐝⛑️ from @beevive_uk. The key ring contains a specifically formulated bee food syrup to help revive exhausted bees you may encounter on the ground. Pictured here on Lewisia cotyledon, aka Siskiyou lewisia and cliff maids. Native to southern Oregon and northern California, where it grows in rocky subalpine mountain habitat. #beerevivalkit #savethebees

Bumblebee on a blue planet bachelor's button (cent

Bumblebee on a blue planet bachelor's button (centaurea cyanus) also commonly known as cornflower 💙🐝 Bees are particularly attracted to the color and they're a valuable source of nectar and pollen. #crownbeescontest @crown_bees

Siberian Iris "So Van Gogh." "Gorgeous blue-purple

Siberian Iris "So Van Gogh." "Gorgeous blue-purple standards sit atop sunny yellow falls accented with purple veining. Though the flowers are small, they appear in clusters of up to five at a time." Fragrant and highly effective at attracting beneficial pollinators to the landscape. #sovangogh #siberianiris 💛💙

Siberian Iris "Black Joker." Fragrant, "velvety, d

Siberian Iris "Black Joker." Fragrant, "velvety, deep purple falls trimmed in rich gold below lively lavender-blue standards highlighted with vivid yellow." 🖤💙💜💛🃏#siberianiris #blackjoker

One-eyed Sphinx moth, Cerisy's sphinx moth or Will

One-eyed Sphinx moth, Cerisy's sphinx moth or Willow sphinx (smerinthus cerisyi). My neighbor told me a huge moth was hanging in the netting on his patio. I went over and found this furry leaf-like 🍂 creature, and gently touched her wings to reveal the pretty pink blush underneath with blue eyespots and black pupils.💖💙🖤🤎🤍

I knew that one of her host plants besides Willow was Quaking Aspen, so I took her across the street to my other neighbor's house where they have one planted. Aimee told me, "Oh yes, Jeff saw a huge one like this a couple days ago on the tree! It was so large he could see it from the kitchen."

I thought it could possibly have been the male so I was excited to play faerie insect matchmaker 💘 Her daughter, Esme was thrilled to hold it before she took flight into the canopy. 🦋

#mothmagic #oneeyedsphinxmoth #pnwinsects

🍯🐝 Honeybee enjoying the golden sunny beard

🍯🐝 Honeybee enjoying the golden sunny beard of the iris on this rainy Saturday 💛🌧️

Three main parts of the iris help pollinators. The inner, upright petals called standards, act as signal flags. The lower set of petals called the falls provide a landing pad for pollinating insects. The beard on a bearded iris gives pollinators a place to grab when they land and climb into the center of the flower.

#beardediris #honeybee #raindrops #crownbeescontest @crown_bees

Hello, June 🍓🍓🍓 #june #strawberries

Hello, June 🍓🍓🍓 #june #strawberries

Honeywort (Cerinthe Major 'Purpurascens') 💚💜

Honeywort (Cerinthe Major 'Purpurascens') 💚💜 alien skinned beauty 👾👽🛸

Sandy Squirrel 🐿️ Just enjoying some peanuts

Sandy Squirrel 🐿️ Just enjoying some peanuts 🥜 on our porch table #squirrelsofinstagram #squirrelfriend

Pink poppy coming in bigger than my hand ✋🌺 #

Pink poppy coming in bigger than my hand ✋🌺 #giantpoppy #gardenmagic

Cloud watching at Lacamas Park on Round Lake. #clo

Cloud watching at Lacamas Park on Round Lake. #cloudwatching #lacamaspark #roundlake

Camassia leichtlinii, the great camas or large cam

Camassia leichtlinii, the great camas or large camas, in bloom in our garden. She's in the family Asparagaceae, and you can see why. Native herbaceous perennial to western North America in British Columbia, Canada and California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. Common Camas or small camas (camassia quamash) was harvested by many tribes in the Northwest as a major first foods resource and trade item.💜💚 #camas #camassialeichtlinii #firstfoods

New tulips in our window box 🌷🌷🌷#tulips🌷 #springflowers

Rainbow Parrot Tulip 🌈🦜🌷#rainbowparrottul

Rainbow Parrot Tulip 🌈🦜🌷#rainbowparrottulip

Took a neighborhood walk on Easter Sunday, stumble

Took a neighborhood walk on Easter Sunday, stumbled into an impromptu Easter Egg hunt 🥚🥚🥚🐇🌷🐣 little prizes tucked into gardens and parking strips for blocks on end. So glad that subtle, accidental magic created by strangers still exists 🪄✨💐 #easteregghunt #eastermagic #sundayvibes

Black Lenten Rose (hellebore) 🖤 of the HONEYMOO

Black Lenten Rose (hellebore) 🖤 of the HONEYMOON® Series from Walters Gardens hybridizer Hans Hansen. 'New York Night' bears 2½-3”, single flowers with shades of black that include deep grey-purple, jet black, and black-purple. #hellebore
#blackhellebore
#gothicspring

Mason Bee threesome 🐝🐝🐝 On nesting materi

Mason Bee threesome 🐝🐝🐝 On nesting materials from @crown_bees #nativebees #crownbeescontest

So much snow and hail and rain this Spring, but he

So much snow and hail and rain this Spring, but her red skin is still beautiful ❤️ #raindrops #tulips #springflowers

My neighbor who has a flock of chickens gave me th

My neighbor who has a flock of chickens gave me this sweet little Easter gift. Two tiny fairy eggs 🐇🐣🧚🥚🥚 Also knows as wind eggs, witch eggs, or cock eggs (thought to be malformed and laid by roosters and therefore, by the olden days standards, "evil.") But no, it's mostly just an early blip in the cycle of young hens just getting the hang of ovulation or old hens starting up production after the winter laying hiatus. I will wash them and let them dry and perhaps color them for decoration. I've cozied them into one of my collected diminutive bird nests. 🪺 #fairyegg #witchegg #chickenmagic #easterdecor

David brought back cut tulips from the @skagitvall

David brought back cut tulips from the @skagitvalleytulipfestival 🌷🌷and Anthony bought me an Easter bouquet 💐🐇 now our porch altar is replete with Spring offerings 💖 #easterflowers #springtulips

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