My little garden successes may seem few and insignificant, but all the more reason for me to celebrate when they happen.  Today my first native California poppy bloomed in the “California rock garden”, with more to follow.  So, not a total loss there.

Here we have Misu presiding over the food scene from her washer throne.

Apparently it’s ‘shroom season in the garden.  New varieties pop up each morning.  Now we have alien colonies.

I think this is a silver spotted skipper butterfly on the zinnias.  They do like to skip around a lot!  Who knew lowly zinnias were such a magnet for hummers, goldfinches, butterflies, and many other pollinators?