Red and Yellow

 

Pomegranate and oriole.

Yellow Bird in a Yellow Tree

 

Tiny orange-crowned warbler peeking out of the pomegranate tree...

Pomegranate o'Lantern

 

Some critter in the backyard decided to make a Halloween decoration out of this low-hanging pomegranate fruit. It's so cute!

Small One, Large One

 

There are pomegranates of all shapes and sizes on the tree right now...they will probably be ripe in October?

Humming Along

 

Such a pretty little Allen's hummingbird, perched in--and matching the colors of--the pomegranate tree. 

Bumper Crop

 

The first of the pomegranate crop for 2022...seems like they are ripening a bit early this year.

Plenty more where those came from (!). And the ladder is not there so that we can pick the fruit--it is there to prop up the overladen branches. 

On the Way

 

Our pomegranate tree is loaded with flowers this year.

Each one a potential fruit!

Alas, there are some flowers--actually, nascent fruit--on the ground, but it does tend to drop some flowers every year. Last year was a terrible year for fruit, as opposed to the previous year where we had lots and lots of HUGE pomegranates. We'll see what the season brings...and we hope the weather cooperates.

They are very pretty baby fruits, like tiny red stars...

Come On Pom

 

Lots of flowers on the pomegranate at the moment...fingers crossed they turn into fruit.

Pomegranate Balance

 

SKWERL!!!!!

 

This dude/dudette was enjoying a fallen pomegranate. But then it saw me and ran away...

Bird-o-Rama Week: Hummingbirds

 

It's rare indeed to see a hummingbird at our fountain. This little guy hovered and flitted and basically behaved like a hummingbird, thus the blurry photos!

And this beauty sat and preened in the pomegranate tree for a few minutes. We currently have three of these Anna's hummingbirds in the yard, so this may or may not be the bather.