Californias, they're back. About a week now. (sounds) how d'ya like that. hibiscus in bloom is in the Malvaceae family, like hollyhock.
whoa. what a big melt. the daisies have new shoots. (and here i've been indoors picking fallen palm flowers from the rug, with tweezers.) it's like. it's like... it's like half grass, half snow. w/chunks of ice. very unusually ... early! so, gave water, threw leaves, covered with snow. (not the fly) Arecaceae (palm) | Asteraceae (daisies)
this year's sunflower. shady: it probably won't even open. which led me to think that it was birds. (not squirrels.) at any rate, a long spindly surprise. so, in the tree. last year: under an eave in a sunny spot. and what a great year for birds it's been. a massive snowy owl. a six foot wingspan in a winter slomo dream, a funky yellow warbler in yellow autumn leaves. the patch of cedar waxwings. an awesome crow, took its HUGE dry bread chunk ..to a roadside puddle. the big awkward owlets.
last year's surprise sunflower. what the birds drop, what the squirrels plant
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