Begun in 2020 as Pandemic Quarantine Diary, and now it's whatever strikes my fancy.
Thursday, July 16, 2026
In the back yard this afternoon
Sunday, July 12, 2026
A new volunteer
Here's a recent addition to our back yard. Google Lens says this is Moth Mullein (Verbascum blattaria), an introduced biennial weed. The Missoula County Department of Ecology and Extension has it on their Noxious Weed Watch List, which doesn't surprise me in the least.
The same, only different
It's another recent blossom of the same kind of flower shown in the previous post, except this time the image was taken late in the afternoon, and with a camera instead of a phone. Definite improvement.
Saturday, July 4, 2026
Another newcomer, and another
In early spring this year, I picked up a packet of flower seeds and planted them in our back yard. Most of the flowers that have come up are cornflower, although a few other types have shown up as well. This one just appeared yesterday, and the name Google identified it by is listed on the seed packet.
Much the same with this one, which I photographed on Monday. Google says it's Clarkia amoena, and Clarkia amoena appears on the seed packet. Maybe more of them will appear later, but for now we've only seen one of each.