Timothy's photos Sept. 29

Photos from the week 9/28/2014

Posted: 28 Sep 2014 03:19 AM PDT
We have been getting ton of rain. In the last week the fish ponds, streams and roads all flooded. The truck even got stuck right on the farm.






I had to give the whole rabbit herd medicine for mites this week. The first step was to find their weights. Surprisingly they all cooperated when they had to be weighed. 

I believe this is a mature Goliath ant lion. The larva stage of some ant lions is the thing that makes inverted cones in the ground that trap ants. When they grow up they get wings.



These are variegated plantains. Both the leaves of the plant and the fruit have white stripes in them.


Nonedible Ornamental Banana.
Besides all the rain we have been getting, there are also tons of flowers around.


Roy has planted bunches of Heliconias around. These bright flowers attract a few kinds of shiny sun birds.



These flowers are the first blooms on a bush I planted outside my house. The flowers have a really odd structure compared to other flowers, and have a really nice smell. 



Under my outside faucet I planted a bunch of colors of Balsam. They are all in full bloom this week.


These little guys are a native wild Hibiscus. They are really small, and only bloom once a year.