Ground cone port orchard wa Olympic Peninsula WA

Swinging chickens are the best!

Hooded Mergansers #ducks diving for frogs on the pond this morning. They made their annual appearance this week - a little early this year. #birding #kitsap No sightings of a male yet.

Blue-headed wood dove #birds #sandiegozoo crazy cool sound

I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited

Oyster #mushrooms on the aspen across the seasonal pond. Looking forward to it being full of water again.

Willamette or Cascade hops. I'm not sure which one is on the right side with Nugget. #gardening

Northern Flicker & Junco #birding #kitsap

Took the kayak around Sinclair inlet yesterday. So many jellyfish! #kitsap

Douglas #squirrel or chickaree Tamiasciurus douglasii but we like to call them just Tami. #kitsap

Crab #spider on coneflower #kitsap

Yellow-faced #bumblebees on lavender

Birdie girl #catsofbluesky

Cross orb weaver spider #spider #kitsap

Bur-reed in our seasonal pond #kitsap #nativeplants

Dragons Blood sedum. Grew from seed 2 years ago. This was a great addition the sedum garden and an early bloomer. #gardening

Yellow fronted #bumblee #kitsap on lavender

Juvenile white-crowned sparrow. We have a lot this year #birds #birding #kitsap

First catnip harvest of the year. #kitsap #smallfarm #cats Always a good idea to confirm your homemade or handmade item you buy actually is homemade or homegrown. Too many scams right now.

Yellow #bumblebee on monarda or bee balm #kitsap #wa

I think this is a yellow head #bumblebee on borage #kitsap #wa

Sitka #bumblebee lovely small bumble

Bumblebees on sea holly #gardening #bees #kitsap

Bumblebees on our catnip

Some of my favorite types of bee balm or monarda I have. Im partial to Jacob Cline (the tall red one) due to the Rufous attraction so I have that in a lot of areas. #gardening

Oregon sedum or stonecrop, nodding onion, goldenrod & the tall oregon grape - which are loaded this year. They won't be for long. #kitsap #wa #nativeplants

Good year for catnip growing. Loaded with bumbles and that is ultimately the point. We are reforesting to the right side of the growing area and its just so cool to watch. #kitsap #gardening

A lot of blue in the front garden #gardening

Columbia lily along the pond. Lilium columbianum #nativeflowers #nativeplants #kitsap

Gold Creek Trail / Tin Mine Trail Green Mountain #PNW

Gold Creek Trail Green Mountain #PNW

Cedar Waxwing, Merganser & Mallard Gold Creek Trail Green Mountain #birding #birds

Cave Crickets or Hoppers Gold Creek Trail Green Mountain #PNW

Pacific Sideband #snail Gold Creek Trail Green Mountain

Iris in my garden this year #iris #gardening

Iris in my garden this year #iris #gardening

Iris in my garden this year #iris #gardening

Red huckleberry & veronica #pnw #nativeplants #kitsap

Red elderberry, spirea & st john's wort #nativeplants #pnw #kitsap

Ocean Spray #nativeplants #kitsap #pnw

Linnaea borealis, Twinflower #nativeplants #pnw #kitsap

Western tiger swallowtail #butterfly and Oregon iris #nativeplants

Foxglove in my front bed. #gardening #kitsap #nativeplants

Karl Rosenfield #peony and Victoire de la Marne #peony #gardening

Nevada bumblebee on the lupine. I believe this to be a Nevada. I've had them the last few years on bee balm. This one has a light colored top of head and I've not seen that before on the Nevada. Happily corrected on id!. Unfortunately - these are the best pictures I was able to get. #bees #gardening

Spittlebugs, spit bug or froghoppers are very present this morning #nature #kitsap #pnw

Yellow-spotted millipede #kitsap #pnw

Unripe osoberry and salmonberry #kitsap #pnw #nativeplants

Thimbleberry and Salal #nativeplants #kitsap #pnw

6 years! Finally blossoms on the hardy kiwis. Im beyond excited. #gardening