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eppur_se_muova

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24. So many blooms now means so many fruits and seeds later ... so many to be eaten by little critters.

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Mar 22, 2025, 05:31 PM

Mar 22

Including caterpillars, aphids, grasshoppers, and all the insects suburban lawn-tenders regard as pests, and do their best to poison or otherwise eliminate. Caterpillars and grubs are the preferred food of songbird nestlings, and there are now many areas where the parents can't adequately feed their young because the surrounding territory has been scoured free of such "pests", or taken over by imported (usually invasive) plants that are inedible to most of the local bugs. Lush green lawns appear beautiful to realtors and civic boosters, but theirs is the beauty of a sterile monoculture, pretty as a well-embalmed corpse.

We've got to save wetlands and wildlands, or risk killing off so much of Nature.

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Today, I went for a walkabout at the Madrona Marsh, which is one of the few remaining wetlands here in SoCal! [View all] CaliforniaPeggy Mar 22 OP

Mother Nature in all her glory SheltieLover Mar 22 #1

Thanks so much, my dear SheltieLover! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 22 #4

Wow, Peggy! Mousetoescamper Mar 22 #2

High praise indeed, and Thank You, my dear Mousetoescamper! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 22 #5

Every one a gem! Beartracks Mar 22 #3

Thanks so much, my dear Beartracks! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 22 #6

I know them all except that red one. ..... Ha! Just kidding!! Beartracks Mar 22 #8

Beautiful images as usual bluescribbler Mar 22 #7

Thank you so much, my dear bluescribbler . . . CaliforniaPeggy Mar 22 #11

Peggy you're an artist with a camera. Duncanpup Mar 22 #9

Thank you for your amazing comment, my dear Duncanpup! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 22 #14

Absolutely gorgeous 4catsmom Mar 22 #10

Thanks so much, my dear 4catsmom! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 22 #15

Beautiful! DeeDeeNY Mar 22 #12

Thanks very much, my dear DeeDee NY! There was beauty everywhere. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 22 #16

Breathtaking, CaliforniaPeggy! HeartsCanHope Mar 22 #13

Thanks so much, my dear HeartsCantHope . . . CaliforniaPeggy Mar 22 #18

Gorgeous photographs, Peggy wendyb-NC Mar 22 #17

Thanks so much, my dear wendyb-NC! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 22 #19

What lovely photos lindalou65 Mar 22 #20

Thank you, my dear lindalou65 . . . CaliforniaPeggy Mar 22 #21

Very nice! I sincerely hope it is preserved. Evolve Dammit Mar 22 #22

Thanks so much, my dear Evolve Dammit! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 22 #33

Great to hear! Evolve Dammit Mar 22 #35

Wunnnnnnnnnderful photos, Peggy! calimary Mar 22 #23

Thank you so much, my dear calimary, for your imaginative response! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 22 #34

So many blooms now means so many fruits and seeds later ... so many to be eaten by little critters. eppur_se_muova Mar 22 #24

How right you are, and thank you for saying it so clearly, my dear eppur_se_muova . . . CaliforniaPeggy Mar 22 #36

Lovely! LNM Mar 22 #25

Thanks so much, my dear LNM! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 22 #37

Ahhhh! Such a nice walk you provided all of us today. I truly felt like we were there with you, enjoying the SWBTATTReg Mar 22 #26

Thank you so much, my dear SWBTATTReg! How kind of you. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 22 #38

oooh. ahhh. AllaN01Bear Mar 22 #27

Thanks so much, my dear AllaN01Bear! I'm glad you enjoyed them. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 22 #39

The lilacs made me gasp! KatyaR Mar 22 #28

I had never seen such huge lilacs either, my dear KatyaR! They were amazing. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 22 #40

these pictures are fantastic! thanks for posting them peggy. nt orleans Mar 22 #29

Thank you so much, my dear orleans . . . I'm glad. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 22 #41

GR8 pics Pas-de-Calais Mar 22 #30

Thanks so much, my dear Pas-de-Calais . . .nt CaliforniaPeggy Mar 22 #42

Loved the lilacs. sinkingfeeling Mar 22 #31

I was amazed at them! Thanks so much, my dear sinkingfeeling! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 22 #43

Oh, my, lovely. Joinfortmill Mar 22 #32

Thank you for your lovely heartfelt comment, my dear Joinfortmill! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 22 #44

☺️ Joinfortmill Mar 22 #45

What fabulous variety! Easterncedar Mar 22 #46

Thanks so much, my dear Easterncedar! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 22 #47