Shopping

Shopping for goodies around the estate today, in no particular order I found these bargains:




















































Ladybird beetle on poinsettia leaves Crystal in the dining room window BRITTLEBUSH LEAVES, ENCELIA FARINOSA, WITH WATER DROPLETS Earth marble
Aloe plicatilis Alyogyne huegelii seed pods Gomphrena decumbens + an unnamed euphorbia make friends Big orange spider sculpture Monarch (Danaus plexippus) caterpillar #2 New nasturtium leaf The rhipsalis pilocarpa is in full bloom





The Three Towers of Crassula perforata CRYSTAL BEE Honeybee in brugmansia flower A ripe pepper on a backdrop of Crassula argentea 'gollum' Grasshopper nymph looks like Melanoplus sp. on a seedling acacia Elm seeds float and sink in Suki's bowl Kalanchoe luciae inflorescence meets Euphorbia ingens Aphis nerii gather on what remains of this milkweed plant Flowers and leaves of Arbutus unedo Brugmansia 'Charles Grimaldi' shower of flowers Agave parrasana, confederate rose Monarch (Danaus plexippus) caterpillar #1 Brugmansia flowers up close Vitis californica, California grape leaves Mandevilla 'sun parasols deep red' Rainbow shoe