While photographing the bees with my camera, I’ve observed how they attempt to knock each other off the flowers. I imagine it’s a survival technique – if the flower is good, why should they try a different one even though others are nearby without competiton? The bees try to chase away each other, as well…
Bee butts are cute, but what I got was a bee wearing pantaloons while upside down in a thistle!
Unless otherwise marked, images were taken at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens in Richmond, Virginia. This week’s photo challenge is to share the world as we see it through our eyes. As much as I love writing, my photography has improved tremendously and is a big draw to my blog. The saying goes that a picture…
Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. Hans Christian Andersen This week’s six word Friday uses the word “flowers” and it perfectly describes my Friday at Colonial Williamsburg: Flowers bloom ~ bees comes ~ life continues. I took the day off from work to chase the light. The…
I love spending time on the weekends at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens. Although they’re not big, they have a lot there and it changes every week. More and more I realize though that I don’t go there to think, meditate or even contemplate. I find that as I wander around with my camera, my brain is…
I’d think that with all the pollen on these hollyhocks there would be a lot of bees. I was surprised to see just this solitary bee partying at the feast. I feel the same way some days, like I’m the only one that sees or enjoys the beauty or laughter around me. I’m always gawking…
Lately the nights are cool and so are the early mornings. It’s been a welcomed relief from the record-breaking heat we’ve had this summer. Until I heard the geese overhead, honking as they flew in formation. And I thought, fall is coming. It’s been several things now. I first heard the geese several weeks ago,…
The activity in my own backyard continues! It’s been great fun to have such great photographic opportunities right outside my back door. The nice weather is helping too, as I wouldn’t be sitting outside reading if it were still so hot and humid. This time, it was the male eastern black swallowtail butterfly visiting the…
This is the fourth year the passion flower has bloomed on our mailbox. The flowers don’t last but a few days, but they are downright spectacular when open. The bees love them, getting between the yellow stamens and purple fringe. I’ve seen as many as three of them, always going clockwise in a circle. Word…
Living The Seasons 