Pyrausta inornatalis

a tiny magenta colored moth on a bright green painted stucco wall

Pyrausta inornatalis is a tiny moth with a wingspan of 13-16 mm.

Grindelia camporum

a California native plant with yellow flowers

Great Valley gumplant is a California native species with cheerful yellow flowers.

Slow Life

Listen for what the Earth has to say in random quiet moments. Make some intentional quiet time, too.

Carried by the Wind

“And yet I raise my hands aloft to God, that I might be held by God, just like a feather which has no weight from its own strength and lets itself be carried by the wind.” —Hildegard of Bingen, The Book of Divine Works

Beauty

“Beauty is not accidental, frivolous, or marginal, but at the very center, stirring our hearts and our sensitive, sensuous bodies, attracting us into life with its immediacy and delight.” —J. Ruth Gendler, Notes on the Need for Beauty