Flower Power

Bee on Sunflowers 19, originally uploaded by sunspotting.

24 July.
Don't you feel like you're part of a swarm? Maybe a beeline? It's like the camera was on a tether dangling from her abdomen. Now THAT would be a beeline. She was remarkably patient with me.

(Yes, without a doubt she's a she. All bees you see are SHE. Worker bees are always 'she'. The drones are 'he' and they don't leave the hive until they get kicked out for winter.)

Today is my parents' wedding anniversary, the second one since Mom died. I spent part of this morning taking pictures in my front and back yard of flowers and the insects on them. Seemed like a better thing to do than just sit and be sad.

On a day like today, Mom would have been in her gardens.