
Posts Tagged ‘bees’
Two bees or not two bees?
Posted: January 28, 2023 in Six-Word SaturdayTags: #SWS, bees, flowers, Nature, Six-Word Saturday
Holding on for dear life
Posted: June 1, 2022 in flowers, NatureTags: bees, California, flowers, Nature, poppies
Daughter, grandson, and I walked over to the other grandparents’ house in the afternoon. On the way, I spotted a bush of these large, beautiful flowers which my plant app says are popppies. The wind was blowing at a good rate but I managed to get several shots, this one including a bee which didn’t seem bothered at all by the flowers whipping back and forth. It was a good first day.


In a perfect state of bee-ing
Posted: April 2, 2022 in Nature, Six-Word SaturdayTags: #SWS, bees, flowers, Nature, Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, Six-Word Saturday, state of bee-ing, state of being
WQW #12: spring with e. e. cummings
Posted: March 28, 2022 in Nature, WQWTags: balloons, bees, birds, cactus flowers, e.e.cummings, flowers, hot air ballons, lizards, Nature, poems, quotes, spring, spring in Arizona, trumpet cactus, WQW #12, WQW #12: spring
This is my favorite poem about spring and even though the Arizona world is rarely mud-luscious or puddle-wonderful, it still evokes spring for me. And I’m going attempt to find e. e. cummings quotes or poems to go with all my photos for Marsha’s WQW challenge for this week.
in just spring in Just- spring when the world is mud- luscious the little lame balloonman whistles far and wee and eddieandbill come running from marbles and piracies and it's spring when the world is puddle-wonderful the queer old balloonman whistles far and wee and bettyandisbel come dancing from hop-scotch and jump-rope and it's spring and the goat-footed balloonMan whistles far and wee
Well, I don’t know if this balloonMan is goat-footed (or whether the balloonPerson is either), but it is a balloon even though not the sort e. e. had in mind.
(all the merry little birds are flying in the floating in the very spirits singing in are winging in the blossoming) e.e.cummings
(One of the things that drives me mad about WP is trying to get poems to format properly and the only way I know to do it puts them on the grey background. Sorry about that.)
This bird may not be flying right now, but I’m sure it’s quite merry despite the fact that its mother obviously never mentioned that standing on your food while eating it (or at any other time) is not really the thing. But spirits are singing and there’s definitely blossoming going on. 🙂
“Then it was spring; and in spring anything may happen. Absolutely anything.” ~ E. E. Cummings
Spring makes the wall finally warm enough to tempt these two to make their spring debut.
And still the mad magnificent herald Spring assembles beauty from forgetfulness with the wild trump of April:witchery of sound and odour drives the wingless thing man forth in the bright air. ~e. e. cummings
It also drove this winged bee into an ecstasy of headfirst pollen-gathering. Our girls used to sometimes say something caused an ecstasy spasm and that’s exactly what I saw here as he flitted from flower to flower. In fact, spring gives me an ecstasy spas. (Note: going headfirst into food probably qualifies as not being quite the thing either.)
when faces called flowers float out of the ground and breathing is wishing and wishing is having— but keeping is downward and doubting and never —it’s april(yes, april;my darling)it’s spring! ~e.e.cummings from "when faces called flowers"
These trumpet cacti don’t flower often and the flowers begin to wilt by the end of the first day but oh, the glory while they bloom!! We were blessed with three rounds of flowers our first year here. A sighting makes me grab my camera and rush outside immediately. Hurrah for spring!!
Wordless Wednesday…two bees in a pod…er, poppy
Posted: March 16, 2022 in Nature, Wordless WednesdayTags: bees, California, flowers, Nature, poppies, Wordless Wednesday

Bee-ing orange
Posted: October 20, 2021 in Life in Colour Photo Challenge 2021, squaresTags: bees, Life in Colour, Life in Colour Photo Challenge 2021, Life in Colour: orange, McDowell Forest Preserve, orange flowers
Wordless Wednesday…Wyoming pollinators
Posted: September 1, 2021 in Cee's Photo Challenges, NatureTags: bees, Bighorn Mountains Wyoming, butterflies, CMMC – September Close Up or Macro, moths, Nature, pollinators, Wyoming
Bonus Arizona whites
Posted: June 26, 2021 in Life in Colour Photo Challenge 2021Tags: Arizona, bees, datura, Life in Colour Photo Challenge 2021, Life in Colour: white, rattlesnakes, Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, signs, snowy egrets, white flowers
I’d planned to take part in the Lens-Artists Challenge today but we just bought access to Le Tour de France, so that’s five hours or so where we’re glued to the screen. Yesterday morning was my Friday grocery shopping and cleaning day for my parents, but in the afternoon my mom fell, so I was there twice more, the second time to help with dinner and then watch most of game 7 of the remaining Stanley Cup semifinal game between Tampa Bay and the NY Islanders, which also meant I didn’t get much done at home. Tomorrow my parents will be here to celebrate their 69th wedding anniversary, so a bit of prep called for there as well. All of which means I have plenty to do or to distract me and the challenge for Lens-Artists isn’t a straightforward one today. So I’m sharing three bonus white photos for Life in Colour: white, all of which come from Arizona.
This photo of a snowy egret amuses me as it appears the bird is being lifted to heaven by and in the ray of light. In case you wondered, it didn’t get that far but flew off elsewhere. 🙂
Not an artistic photo but it is an iconic one for desert dwellers. Humorous, but take it to heart and stay on the path!

This bee is living proof that the poisonous datura isn’t poisonous for bees and also has enormous, beautiful white flowers.
I hope you’re each having an enjoyable, relaxing weekend.
I’m as busy as this.
Posted: May 25, 2021 in UncategorizedTags: bees, busy as a bee, McDowell Forest Preserve, Nature
I wasn’t the only one at the park on Friday. This guy was having a great time. I have been too, meeting with two more friends today. How’s your week been so far? It’s hard to beat being busy with friends.

Diving into pink
Posted: April 16, 2021 in Life in Colour Photo Challenge 2021, squaresTags: Arizona, bees, cactus flower, Life in Colour Photo Challenge 2021, Life in Colour: pink, pink, pink cactus flowers, pollination, Saguaro National Park
I’m excited not only to share a favorite subject, a bee nose diving into a flower, but my first photo duo using the slider, which I only found thanks to Dan at nofacilites. He’s been giving lessons on using the block editor and as far as the slider goes, once I knew where to look, it was simple to find. Thanks so much, Dan. This particular bee and flowers were at Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona. These cacti and flowers were very small but eye-catching.


for Squares: bright and Life in Colour: pink