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Tuesday, August 26: The Greenbelt
Sep. 8th, 2025 08:00 pmA couple weeks ago, we wanted to get out and do something, but also got a late start on the day. We headed to the local greenbelt, since it's reasonably close and we haven't been there in a while.
A very cute bumblebee.
My other favorite insect from the day: a really big moth hanging out on a tree. :)
One of the road bridges over the greenbelt path has some pretty mosaics.
Another of the mosaics.
(There are two more mosaics on the other side of the bridge, but someone was sitting there, haha.)
Crossing the creek.
There were many big, impressive spider webs along the path! With big, impressive spiders in them! I didn't realize until after looking at the picture that this one had a snack. :)
Not a spider, but a daddy longlegs! This one was almost orangey in color, which was neat.
These beetles were just face-first, going to town in the flowers. It was very funny. I believe these are "bumble flower beetles."
Some huge carpenter ants!
Some lovely little sweet peas in the overgrown/abandoned garden area behind some of the apartments.
Hollyhocks have definitely been having A Year! I saw them all over Santa Fe, and in a ton of gardens this year, and even a bunch of landscaping. This one is also in the abandoned garden.
A very charming little duck swam over just as it started raining.
I'm really not a fan of the influx of Japanese beetles that we've started having each year. They're terribly destructive. However, this one was very interesting - almost pink on the front segment instead of the usual green color!
It was also a two snake day, which was delightful! I didn't get good pictures of either of them, but Alex spotted one pretty large garter snake, which I got to see as it headed into the underbrush. Then I was leaning down to look at a little spider that scuttled across the sidewalk... and wound up pointing directly at a tiny baby garter snake that had been just at the edge of the path. Very tiny and cute!
It was a lovely day out. We got caught in a tiny drizzle, but not bad. It was pretty humid (especially for here!) so we were all a bit sticky by the end.
A very cute bumblebee.
My other favorite insect from the day: a really big moth hanging out on a tree. :)
Eleven more pictures, including more insects and spiders:
One of the road bridges over the greenbelt path has some pretty mosaics.
Another of the mosaics.
(There are two more mosaics on the other side of the bridge, but someone was sitting there, haha.)
Crossing the creek.
There were many big, impressive spider webs along the path! With big, impressive spiders in them! I didn't realize until after looking at the picture that this one had a snack. :)
Not a spider, but a daddy longlegs! This one was almost orangey in color, which was neat.
These beetles were just face-first, going to town in the flowers. It was very funny. I believe these are "bumble flower beetles."
Some huge carpenter ants!
Some lovely little sweet peas in the overgrown/abandoned garden area behind some of the apartments.
Hollyhocks have definitely been having A Year! I saw them all over Santa Fe, and in a ton of gardens this year, and even a bunch of landscaping. This one is also in the abandoned garden.
A very charming little duck swam over just as it started raining.
I'm really not a fan of the influx of Japanese beetles that we've started having each year. They're terribly destructive. However, this one was very interesting - almost pink on the front segment instead of the usual green color!
It was also a two snake day, which was delightful! I didn't get good pictures of either of them, but Alex spotted one pretty large garter snake, which I got to see as it headed into the underbrush. Then I was leaning down to look at a little spider that scuttled across the sidewalk... and wound up pointing directly at a tiny baby garter snake that had been just at the edge of the path. Very tiny and cute!
It was a lovely day out. We got caught in a tiny drizzle, but not bad. It was pretty humid (especially for here!) so we were all a bit sticky by the end.
