The Kittalog

This weekend was the first Denver County Fair. Denver is both a city and a county, but doesn't have much in the way of a rural component...

We had a hankering for brunch and headed to Lucile's on Logan at Alameda, but the wait was something like 40 minutes, out in the heat....

I was sitting on the front steps this morning, waiting for a mouse to scamper by so I could get a picture, but those little buggers are fast...

This Western Tiger Swallowtail came flitting down to the echinacea in my front yard and obligingly posed for several dozen close-ups. I was ...

I should know what this is, but I don't. We scattered a packet of mixed flower seeds and don't have the packet anymore. Do you know ...

It took me a couple of hours to reclaim the curb and walkways from the riot of both good plants and weeds. I feel a twinge of guilt ripping ...

It feels a little like Christmas in July, with all this rain we've gotten and consequent garden abundance. The vegetable garden is perpe...

I chopped the heck out of that fennel today, pulled out all the seedlings and tied the remainder up to the fence. I should've stayed mor...

I know dill can get quite large and weedy. Fennel is in the same family, and given a couple of years can turn into a real monster. Yes, that...

I took a little trip down memory lane today when Manisha posted a photo on Facebook of a Commodore Pet she encountered. The Super Pet was t...

A while back, I posted about a bee imitator that I thought was a syrphid, or flower fly, but it turned out to be a wool carder . Yesterday I...

Do you recognize this flower? If you live out East or in other colder, moister climes, you probably don't see these much. It's a cac...

When your house is more than 100 years old, you end up fixing stuff a lot. Often, you're fixing stuff that has already been fixed before...

This bee balm is just about to bloom in a bright red that attracts pollinators. It's also called oswego tea, horsemint and wild bergamot...

The one I can't blame for ordering bulbs. The bouquet is from our garden. The picture is from my cellphone. Pomegranate mojito 1.5 oz. r...